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Angela

Angela Report 4 Mar 2011 14:27

Hello Potty

I am sure the 1911 census I have is right Florence with Sydney it has the same address as the birth certificate for Elsie.

I am wondering like you if he the Elijah on the census but does not give a middle name. Elijah is down as being born in Abingdon and that is the area Sydney gives on the census

angela

Potty

Potty Report 4 Mar 2011 14:20

Elijah reappears but to die:

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Elijah Bonner
Name: Elijah Bonner
Death Registration Month/Year: 1964
Age at death (estimated): 76
Registration district: Chelsea
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 314

The informant might help

Angela

Angela Report 4 Mar 2011 14:05

Hi, just come back on, sorry for confusion, the facts -
Elsie Annie Maud Bonner born 13th October 1911at 91 Paradise Road
parents Sydney Bonner and Florence Mary Ann Barnes.

Thanks Potty for your help and Dea yes that is the 1911 census copy I have.

Angela

Dea

Dea Report 4 Mar 2011 13:36

Well, this is certainly her parents on 1911: (for reference) :

BONNER, Sydney Head Married F 23 1888 Motor Coach Painter Abingdon Berks
BONNER, Florence Head Married F 22 1889 London


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Registration District:
Lambeth Sub District:
Stockwell Enumeration District:
15 Parish:
Lambeth

Address:
91 Paradise Road Clapham S W County:
London

As yet, they have no children !

Looks as though they have been married less than a year. - There was a 1 entered under number of years but this was crossed out.

Dea x

Potty

Potty Report 4 Mar 2011 13:11

I am beginning to think that Sydney and Elijah are the same person.

No Sydney Bonner born in Oxforshire in 1887-1889 but there is an Elijah who disappears after 1901 but I can't find a marriage for Elijah/Sydney to Florence!

Potty

Potty Report 4 Mar 2011 12:36

Only marriage I can find for a Florence Mary A:

Marriages Sep 1908 (>99%)

BARNES Florence Mary A Lambeth 1d 754
JONES John Llewellyn Lambeth 1d 754
PETTIT George William Lambeth 1d 754
SHEPPARD Mary Sophia Lambeth 1d 754

Potty

Potty Report 4 Mar 2011 12:26

Possible birth for Florence:

Name: Florence Mary A Barnes
Year of Registration: 1888
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Lambeth
County: Greater London, London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 421 (click to see others on page)

Potty

Potty Report 4 Mar 2011 12:17

Hi Angela

I am a bit confused by your last two posts - in one you say her parents are Elsie Maud and Sydney Bonner but in the last you have the mother as Florence Mary Ann Barnes. Which is correct.

Could you post the full details of the 1911? How long do they say they have been married and are there any other children?

Angela

Angela Report 3 Mar 2011 14:27

Oh how frustrating trees can be, so now I have her parents but no marriage for them -
Sydney Bonner and Florence Mary Ann Barnes, they are on the 1911 census state their ages as he 23 born Abingdon and she 22 born London.

I have tried looking on FBMD, Ancestry and Genes, any help to find anything about these two would be much appreciated.

Thanks Angela

Angela

Angela Report 3 Mar 2011 13:13

I should have added this now confirms my 1911 census record.

Angela

Angela Report 3 Mar 2011 13:10

Hello Folks

I ordered and have now received Elsie's birth cert and her parents were
Elsie Maud and Sydney Bonner, born 13 October 1911 91 Paradise Road, Clapham,London.

So much for Eli cousin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angela

Potty

Potty Report 27 Feb 2011 14:18

Wasn't one of the children called Sydney? Maybe he didn't like Elijah!

Angela

Angela Report 27 Feb 2011 14:09

Thanks this one is a Sidney.

Angela

Angela Report 27 Feb 2011 14:07

Hello Potty

I looked at that one he is a Sidney.

Potty

Potty Report 27 Feb 2011 13:59

There is this Florence Bonner living in Lambeth in 1911:

HOUSEHOLD BONNER FLORENCE F 1889 22 Lambeth London

Perhaps somebody with full access can look up who she is with but it isn't and Elijah.

Angela

Angela Report 27 Feb 2011 13:58

Thanks once again Potty, I will speak to cousins husband see if he has his mothers birth cert, I don't think so, I will have to order it

Angela

Potty

Potty Report 27 Feb 2011 13:54

I think you need to get Elsie's birth cert to confirm her parents' names and then look for a marriage.

The Elijah I posted above is the only one coming up in 1901 but I can't find a marriage for him (or a death up unitl 1930). My grandfather was also called Elijah and I have found him mistranscribed as Elizah, a female!

Angela

Angela Report 27 Feb 2011 13:51

Hi Potty

Just a minute its possible that this Elijah Bonner is the father of Elsie AM Bonner he would have been 23 when she was born, so only need to tie up marriage to Florence Barnes.

Angela

Angela Report 27 Feb 2011 13:34

Hi Potty

Leonard and Sidney look the right ages, I like the look of Elijah but not the date!!!, the brain is going round in circles with this branch of the tree!

Potty

Potty Report 27 Feb 2011 13:29

An Elijah Bonner:

1891 England Census
about Elijah Bonner
Name: Elijah Bonner
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Eli Price Bonner
Mother's Name: Emily Bonner
Gender: Male
Where born: Abingdon, Berkshire, England

Civil parish: St Nicholas
Ecclesiastical parish: St Nicholas
Town: Abingdon
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Abingdon
Sub-registration district: Abingdon
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Eli Price Bonner 40
Emily Bonner 38
Elizabeth Jane Bonner 11
Esther Bonner 9
Jesse Bonner 5
Elijah Bonner 3
Emily Bonner 4/12
Ethel Powell 3