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1891

Florence R Witt
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Ambrose
Mother's Name: Harriett
Gender: Female
Where born: Christchurch, Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Christchurch
Ecclesiastical parish: Burton St Luke
Town: Waterditch
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

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Registration district: Christchurch
Sub-registration district: Christchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 40
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Household Members:
Name Age
Ambrose Witt 45
Harriett Witt 38
Charles H Witt 17
William G Witt 15
Alice G Witt 11
Bertie E Witt 8
Albert F Witt 7
Florence R Witt 5
Annie A Witt 8

Ambrose Witt market gardener and farmer
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Harriett
Gender: Male
Where born: Hinton, Hampshire, England

Harriett Witt
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Ambrose
Gender: Female
Where born: Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England

1911
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born Original
census
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WITT, Androse Head Married M 65 1846 Farmer Christchurch Hants VIEW
WITT, William George Son Single M 35 1876 Farm Labourer Christchurch Hants VIEW
PHILLIPPS, Alice Gertrude Daughter Married F 31 1880 Christchurch Hants VIEW
WITTS, Bertie Edwin Son Single M 28 1883 Farm Labourer Christchurch Hants VIEW

>>>>WITTS, Florence Rose Daughter Single F 25 1886 Christchurch Hants VIEW

WITTS, Harriett Elizabeth Granddaughter F 10 1901 School Christchurch Hants VIEW

RG number:
RG14 Piece:
5812 Reference:
RG14PN5812 RG78PN266 RD95 SD1 ED5 SN86

Registration District:
Christchurch Sub District:
Christchurch Enumeration District:
5 Parish:
Christchurch

Address:
Wateshouse Farm Christchurch County:
Hampshire

found this on rootsweb ? via google

ID: I013
Name: Joachim Hermanus SCHOLTZ
Sex: M
Birth: 6 JAN 1895
Baptism: 26 JUN 1895 Vryburg
Reference Number: h2

Thanks for the information about Ambrose, that's him the marriage certificate had him down as a farmer and as deceased at the time of the marriage.

I'm not sure that Joachim is him, that would make him younger than his son which isn't right.

HI

who are the witnesses to the marriage of John and florence, may give a clue...

have not had any luck in finding John or Joachim in any census. It is likely that they were not born in the UK, perhaps Germany/Austria etc
I would consider the possibility that John was a POW in WW1 and stayed on afterwards???? A scenario could be that he was sent to work on a farm (ie the Witt farm) during the war and that was how he met Florence. Obviously this is just speculation.
John may also have anglisized his name , maybe he was Johannes originally

The witnesses from what I can decipher are Marie Marx, H.E.Witt, Kathlea Barrett, Margaret Elwick.

Registrars Frank Stokes and Henry S Vudman.

I've been trying to decipher the second profession for John Scholtz and it looks like it says Trivale 4th Pionarbatt AJH.

Jack ...at a guess 'trivale' might be 'Private 4th (something Batt(battalion)??

If you want and could scan it into pc to email I will have a look? send me a PM if you want to try that.

Yeah I think you are right about the private part, looking at it. Will PM you in a sec.

A Pionierbattalion is the German equivalent of an Engineer / Sappers battalion.

I really can't think what AJH might be though.

The names Scholz / Schulz / Schultz are very common in Germany & there are very many people with those surnames in the company where I work in Frankfurt.