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rosina arena 1850-1907 died in Hartley Wintney

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malyon

malyon Report 21 Feb 2019 19:26

i have been looking for a long time for the parents of my gt. grandmother rosina born in malta on her marriage in 1879 to john elley in farnham hampshire her father is named robert arena deceised thank you

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Feb 2019 19:41

Presume you have all the census
1901 census
John Elley
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Rosina Elley
Birth Place: Plymouth, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Farnborough
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Ecclesiastical parish: Farnborough
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Hartley Wintney
Sub-registration district: Farnborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1103
Folio: 82
Page Number: 12
Household schedule number: 82
Household Members:
Name Age
John Elley 44
Rosina Elley 51
Alice Elley 19
Georgina Elley 15
John Elley 14
Jon Elley 12
Winnie Elley 10
Joseph Elley7

Strangely ancestry doenst find her in any records

Her birth is given as Midlothian Scotland

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 21 Feb 2019 19:53

1901 on FMP has her birthplace transcribed as Malta, which is what is on the image

Ancestry need to be advised of their error

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 21 Feb 2019 19:54

Is this the marriage?

Marriages Dec 1879
Elley John Farnham 2a 202
MCKEON Rose Farnham 2a 202

Rose

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 21 Feb 2019 19:57

Where have you looked? It is helpful to know

malyon

malyon Report 21 Feb 2019 19:57

yes that is the marriage
rosina was married in malta in 1865 to patrick mckeon a soldier who was years older then her they had 4-5 children in a orphanage in 1881

first child born in scotland
second born lancashire
third ireland
forth hampshier

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 21 Feb 2019 20:50

Do you have their names and birth years?

Looking at the GRO site I'm not seeing a McKeon birth in Hampshire with MMN Arena.

Rose

malyon

malyon Report 21 Feb 2019 21:07

the name mckeon is spelt different his name was robert born 1877

Births Mar 1877 (>99%)
McCune Robert Joseph Farnham 2a 96

malyon

malyon Report 21 Feb 2019 21:19

this is the children in 1881 the child jane was born mary jane born in scotland not in ireland

Jane Mc Keon Orphan F 10 Ireland
Ellen Mc Keon Orphan F 8 Ashton, Lancashire, England
Elizh Mc Keon Orphan F 6 Malingar
Robert Mc Keon Orphan M 5 Aldershott, Hampshire, England

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 21 Feb 2019 21:55

Old thread here:

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1347777

Arena looks to be an Italian surname.

Rose

malyon

malyon Report 21 Feb 2019 21:57

could be her grandparents were born in italy

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 22 Feb 2019 10:31

Several previous threads about this woman

Some info simply isn't available on line.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Dec 2020 17:04

Yet another thread today

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1389111

EDITED
malyon has now deleted it. Thank you