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~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:43

lol sure LD give us something to do lol.

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:43

Name: Adeliza Pratt Woodroffe
Year of Registration: 1864
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Southwell
County: Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 256

Hmm wonder where Adeliza was on the 1881 census.

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 22:42

Hey shall I find a silly name for tomorrow as well ?

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:41

Can't find either on the following censuses... :-( I looked for her rather than the men as they have dull names lol.

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:40

not much difference then LD. LMAO Guess the area has gone down hill... We have a couple of places like that here.

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 22:40

I hope it's Kidger, Adeliza Pratt Kidger sounds good !

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:40

civil parish of Quorndon *titters*

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 22:37

Scribe, it would be a drug dealer living next door in that area now !

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:36

At least one of the children married lol.

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:35

Name: Adeliza Pratt Woodroffe
Year of Registration: 1888
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Loughborough
County: Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 243

The lucky fella was either:
George Henry Kidger
or
John Robert Sutton

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:33

blinky heck 13 pages!

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:33

LMAO

LD looks like it was the place to be at the time really. And all her children except william are living off own means.

The guy next door was a chemist.

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 22:33

"Sir Billy's" will ran to 13 pages !

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 22:27

Blimey, she had gone downhill then if she ended up living in Hyson Green !

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:26

LMAO LD, I can see the attraction lol.

I'm a bit worried about all them grown up children still at home... maybe there were no heirs born ....eep.

Tina, PMSL... we're as bad as eachother lol.

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:24

1901 census

Name: Adeliza Woodroffe
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil Parish: Nottingham
Ecclesiastical parish: Hyson Green
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Street address: 11 Sherwood Rise

Occupation: Living on own means

Condition as to marriage: widow

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Nottingham
Sub-registration district: Nottingham North West
ED, institution, or vessel: 36
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 30
Household Members:
Name Age
Ada Tyers 21 (servant)
Adeliza Woodroffe 60
Annie Woodroffe 30
Edith Woodroffe 27
Florence Woodroffe 33
Mable Woodroffe 29
William Woodroffe 38 (son - auctioneer's clerk)

and at the top of the same page is a Charles C. Pratt age 55, who is clerk to the county council finance.

Harpstrings

Harpstrings Report 2 Mar 2008 22:24

nooooooooooooooooo!

Have just looked up on the IGI they have got him down as Samual ...........De Shaw (Decheux)......


Yes, as if I have not got enough of my own tree to sort out! LOL xx

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 22:23

The Woodroffe family are far more interesting than mine !
Might get a deed poll form to change my name.

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:19

Wow, Adeliza was quite a common name *shocked*

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:18

Oh we must be bored we get interested by anything lol.

I've been doing my mum's half-sisters tree (her dad's side) on account of her (the mensa member) not being able to get into it!