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Oh dear - that seems to have blown it out of the water! I’ll post result of marriage certificate!
Regards Maureen

Oh, bother!

We'll await the marriage cert, Maureen!

Afraid I've found Emma from Derbyshire in 1911. She got married and moved back to Sheffield.

Emma
Last name Sewell
Marriage year 1901
Parish Holy Trinity
Place Matlock Bath
Spouse's first name Francis David
Spouse's last name Kidd


1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
14 Hereford St Sheffield, Ecclesall, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Francis D Kidd Head Married Male 46 1865 Cramford Derbyshire Fish And Chip Dealer
Transcription
Emma Kidd Wife Married Female 42 1869 Sheffield Yorks Assisting In The Business


Let us know if Ivy's M/C sheds any light on this mystery please Maureen. It's one of these ones that gets under your skin and I would love to find out who Evelyn was. Reuben as well, where is he?

If the birth of Dorothy Sewell is correct, she was baptised as Ivy Dorothy Hood because living with William & Emma Hood? Perhaps Emma Sewell decided to adopt their name when she gave birth to Reuben?
Have sent for Ivy's marriage certificate in hope may shed some light.

Assuming Emma Sewell in Derbyshire in 1901 is the right person - we don't see her after 1901.

And we don't see Evelyn Hood before 1911.

So no proof, but it seems that between1901 and 1911 she may have been transforming into Evelyn Hood, and giving birth to Reuben.

Although, if Ivy is her daughter, the name Hood was involved from the time of Ivy's baptism in 1894

Thanks for that, so still linking Emma Sewell as being Evelyn Hood.
Regards Maureen

Ancestry links that death to an Emma Sewell, married, nee Duffin.

Probate for that Emma:
she was a widow; administration granted to George William Sewell, rolling mill controller..

Emma Sewell
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
Name: Emma Sewell
Death Date: 2 Dec 1946
Death Place: Sheffield, England
Probate Date: 21 Jan 1947
Registry: Wakefield

Ancestry links her death to a married Emma Sewell, nee Duffin.

Emma Sewell
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Emma Sewell
Age in 1911: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Somcotes, Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish: Sheffield
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street address: 9 Birdwell Rd Grimesthorpe
Marital Status: Married
Registration district: Sheffield
Registration District Number: 510
Sub-registration district: East Brightside
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Piece: 27981
Household Members:
Name Age
William Sewell 40
Emma Sewell 38
George Sewell 11
Doris Sewell 10


Emma Duffin
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Emma Duffin
Registration Year: 1896
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Belper
Inferred County: Derbyshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 1174
Records on Page:
Name
Emma Duffin
William Jesse Sewell

This is the son mentioned in probate:

SEWELL, GEORGE WILLIAM mms DUFFIN
GRO Reference: 1899 D Quarter in SHEFFIELD Volume 09C Page 609

I just found a Death in Sheffield for an Emma Sewell o/n/d 1946, age 73, approx birth year 1873- but didn’t say where born so may not be her - we lost her after 1901 Census when we found Evelyn Hood.
Maureen

Just in case -

SEWELL, DOROTHY - (no mms)
GRO Reference: 1893 S Quarter in FULHAM Volume 01A Page 332

Emma in 1901 says she's a widow.

Could mean anything!

John Lomas (visitor in the 1901 census) doesn't seem to be any relation, unfortunately - might have verified if she's the right Emma.

John Lomas
in the 1891 England Census
Name: John Lomas
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Relationship: Son
Birth Year: 1890
Father: Frederick Lomas
Mother: Rose A Lomas
Birth Place: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Nether Hallam
Residence Place: Sheffield, Nether Hallam, Yorkshire, England
Sub registration district: Nether Hallam
ED, Institution or Vessel: 1
Neighbors:
Piece: 3793
Folio: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
Frederick Lomas 38
Rose A Lomas 33 - Sheffield
Theresa Lomas 14
Sarah A Lomas 12
William T G Lomas 5
John Lomas 1
John Chapman 40


Parents' marriage;

Rose Ann Jepson
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Rose Ann Jepson
Registration Year: 1876
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Sheffield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 502
Records on Page:
Name
Rose Ann Jepson
Henry Frederick Lomas

Thanks again Argyllgran! Looking promising - think definitely born 1868 as ties up with Marriage Cert to Joseph Gower (48) and death in 1944 at 76.
Been trying to find Reuben Hood, the son, looked at Reuben Sewell but no answers.

Ancestry's transcription of the 1901 census you found, Maureen, gives a different YOB for Emma. There's a line through her age on the image, so it's hard to read accurately:

Emma Sewell
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Emma Sewell
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Sheffield
Civil Parish: Matlock Bath
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Bakewell
Sub-registration district: Matlock
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors:
Piece: 3267
Folio: 74
Page Number: 13
Household schedule number: 82
Household Members:
Name Age
Emma Sewell 37
John Lomas 11 - visitor, Sheffield
Beatrice Goodwin 13 - servant

1901 looks very possible, Maureen.

I don't think the 1891 is correct.

She didn't have siblings Mary J or George H.

Her brother Henry married _

Henry James Sewell
in the Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937
Name: Henry James Sewell
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1862
Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1887
Marriage Place: Thornton Heath, St Paul, Surrey, England
Parish as it Appears: Thornton Heath
Father: Thomas Henry Sewell (Horse collar maker)
Spouse: Jane Bensley
Reference Number: 2955/1/10

Both witnesses were Bensleys.

And here he is in 1891:

Henry James Sewell
in the 1891 England Census
Name: Henry James Sewell
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Relationship: Head
Birth Year: 1861
Spouse: Jane Sewell
Child: Henry Herbert Sewell
Birth Place: Lambeth, London, England
Civil Parish: Croydon
Residence Place: Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey, England
Sub registration district: Croydon
ED, Institution or Vessel: 60
Neighbors:
Piece: 596
Folio: 123
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry James Sewell 30 - horse collar maker
Jane Sewell 30
Henry Herbert Sewell 1 6/12

He's with wife and children in Tilehurst in 1901.

The whole family later moved to New Zealand, and Henry died there in 1948..

Her sister Elizabeth disappears too:

Married:

Elizabeth Emily Sewell
in the England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Elizabeth Emily Sewell
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 37
Birth Date: 1861
Marriage Date: 26 Mar 1898
Marriage Place: Parish Church, Parish of St. Mary'S, Co.of Reading
Father: Thomas Sewell
Spouse: John Isaac Warwicker (widower, 1853, father William)
FHL Film Number: 1040617
Reference ID: I 441, P 28

Can't see either her or her husband after that.

(Looking to see if maybe Emma went to one of her older siblings when she left home, and might be listed under some unexpected name.)

Hi thanks fo all this - we may be on to something!! I found her in 1901

Emma Sewell
Census
31 Mar 1901
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
Female
31
BEER HOUSE KEEPER
Head
Birth Est 1870
Birthplace Sheffield

Also found for 1891
Emma Sewell
Tottenham Middx, St Anns, Edmonton, Highweek Rd
25
Single
Lace Worker
Birth year est 1866, England
Household
Mary J Sewell Head, F 999?? England
EMMA SEWELL Sister F 25 "
George H Sewell Brother M 21 "
Henry Sewell Brother M 17 "
Don't know if this one is correct though?

Emma was actually born in Sheffield, Yorkshire:

SEWELL, EMMA JANE mms BRISTOW
GRO Reference: 1868 S Quarter in SHEFFIELD Volume 09C Page 436


Emma Jane Sewell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Emma Jane Sewell
Registration Year: 1868
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Sheffield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 436

Emma's brother Samuel escaped to Canada.

Married Charlotte Holmes 1901 Hackney - Samuel's father's name Tom.
Had a daughter Mabel Beatrice Minnie, 1902, Hackney.
Samuel went to Canada alone 1909 - occupation saddler.
I don't see Charlotte and Mabel following him out there, but Mabel married Sidney Sharman in 1922 in Frontenac, Ontario.
Samuel and Charlotte made a visit back to the UK in 1947, and then returned to Canada the same year.
Samuel died 1951.

I'm not posting all the records, as it's not really relevant to this thread.

Very interesting, AG!
Yes, an excellent reason for Emma to change her name, especially as she'd been named in the newspaper.

So, I wonder where she is in 1891 and 1901?
I've been hunting for any Emma or Evelyn born c1868 Sheffield Bottom - but none look likely so far.

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Shirley Grove, Battersea, Wandsworth, London & Surrey, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Thomas Sewell Head Married Male 51 1840 Leeds Collar Maker

Emily Sewell Wife Married Female 50 1841 London, Middlesex, England -

Samuel Sewell Son - Male 10 1881 Berkshire, England -

Jane Sewell Daughter - Female 11 1880 London, Middlesex, England -

William Sewell Son - Male 18 1873 London, Middlesex, England Collar Maker

Albert V Sewell Son - Male 13 1878 London, Middlesex, England -




1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Englefield Road, Tilehurst, Bradfield, Berkshire, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Thomas Sewell Head Married Male 46 1835 Leeds, England Collar Maker
Transcription
Emily Sewell Wife Married Female 40 1841 Middlesex, England Wife
Transcription
Elizabeth Sewell Daughter Single Female 20 1861 Middlesex, England Machinist
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>>Emma Sewell Daughter Single Female 12 1869 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Scholar
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Thomas Sewell Son Single Male 10 1871 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England Scholar
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William Sewell Son Single Male 8 1873 Middlesex, England Scholar
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Edward Sewell Son Single Male 6 1875 Middlesex, England Scholar
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Emily Sewell Daughter Single Female 4 1877 Middlesex, England Scholar
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Albert Sewell Son Single Male 3 1878 Middlesex, England Scholar
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Jane Sewell Daughter Single Female 1 1880 Middlesex, England -
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Samuel Sewell Son Single Male 0 1881 Theale, Berkshire, England