An item about the Irish Records Extraction Database on Ancestry set me off on our Irish connections again today. I’ve found as much information online as I’m likely to, given the loss of many census and other records. Going back beyond the birth of Philip Rubie in 1814 in Cork is not going to be an … Continue reading
My husband’s grandfather is driving me mad. I thought I’d found him, and his wife Ellen, on the 1901 census. Aged 28, born Southwark, wife Nellie – which is how she appears on many census entries. But by 1901 they already had their first daughter, Ellen. So where is she? Some searching found another entry … Continue reading
Other researches I’ve done this week have mainly been on adding dates and locations to various families. In my brother-in-law’s tree, I’ve found the wonderfully named Liberty Pitt, born in Devon in 1822. He died in Poplar, London in 1904. I’ve found some of his children, including another Liberty, a Robert, a Thomas, and a … Continue reading
I’ve spent a lot of today wrestling with Robert Reuby and his family. The more information I get, the less I seem to know. First Marriage: 7 Aug 1893 to Kate Mack. No death for her under Mack or Reuby, but she disappears. Child: baptism Feb 1901, parents Robert and Ellen Reuby. 1901 Census: shown … Continue reading
Kate Mack was the first wife of Robert Reuby. They were married on 7 August 1893, at St Stephens Church, Walworth, London. Their marriage certificate shows her age as 22, so she would have been born around 1871. She is listed as a spinster, with no profession. Robert is shown as a bachelor. Her father … Continue reading
