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Hazel

Hazel Report 28 Oct 2012 21:30

My grandmother Georgina Sears was born in Tring Herts in 1883 her father was a builder and lived in Albert Street wondering if any of the Sears family are still living in the area??

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Oct 2012 21:33

Try the phone book.................free online

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 28 Oct 2012 21:33

Hazel, if you are trying to find descendents of this family, you need to look for matches by using the search box above. It's very unlikely anyone related will see your query so you need to search them out!
Jan

Hazel

Hazel Report 28 Oct 2012 21:46

Thanks Reggie and Jan will try yor suggestions

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 Oct 2012 14:19

What was her father's name?

Births Mar 1883 (>99%)
Sears Georgina Berkhampstead 3a 576

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 Oct 2012 14:23

There is no result in 1911 for a male Sears living in Tring

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 Oct 2012 14:35

Why did she marry in Derbyshire?

Marriages Mar 1911 (>99%)
BARNETT Mabel E Shardlow 7b 651
Lester Richard Shardlow 7b 651
Mace John J Shardlow 7b 651
SEARS Georgina Shardlow 7b 651

1911 census


Person: LESTER, Georgina Address: Diseworth Derby

LESTER, Richard Head Married M 31 1880 Farm Labourer Diseworth Derbys VIEW
LESTER, Georgina Wife Married F 28 1883 Tring Herts VIEW RG number: RG14
Piece: 20800
Reference: RG14PN20800 RD434 SD1 ED6 SN19
Registration District: Shardlow
Sub District: Castle Donington
Enumeration District: 6
Parish: Diseworth

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 Oct 2012 14:39

1901 England Census

Name: Georgina Sears
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Tring, Hertfordshire, England
Civil parish: Wealdstone
Ecclesiastical parish: Greenhill St John the Baptist
Town: Wealdstone
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Registration district: Hendon
Sub-registration district: Harrow
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 93
Piece: 1209
Folio: 12
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
Fanny Binge 44
Agnes M Binge 14
Fanny L Binge 11
Charles A Binge 10
Ethel L S Sheapnel 30
Martha Peggs 49
Georgina Sears 19


Cannot see her in 1891

Hazel

Hazel Report 29 Oct 2012 15:55

Thanks for all your information Reggie she came to Castle Donington in service then got pregnant by the butler where she worked and eventually met my granfather and they married in 1911.Her father was Thomas Sears a builder in Tring.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 Oct 2012 16:18

Have you found any census records for him?

What is the source of your 'info'?

Flip

Flip Report 30 Oct 2012 10:06

Agnes Sears
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas Sears
Mother's name: Lydia Sears
Gender: Female
Where born: Tring, Hertfordshire, England

Civil parish: Tring
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England

Street Address: 37 Albert St
Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Berkhampstead
Sub-registration district: Tring
ED, institution, or vessel: 8a
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1448
Folio: 32
Page Number: 23
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Sears 29 << Builder
Lydia Sears 32
Anne Sears 9
Frank Sears 7
Emily Sears 5
Arthur Sears 4
Agnes Sears 1

And in 1891:

Agnes Sears
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Mother's name: Lydia Sears
Gender: Female
Where born: Tring, Hertfordshire, England

Civil parish: Harrow
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
Town: Harrow
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Hendon
Sub-registration district: Harrow
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1039
Folio: 11
Page Number: 16
Household Members: Name Age
Lydia Sears 43 (Widow)
Frank Sears 17
Annie Sears 19
Agnes Sears 11
Charles Corne 25 <<boarder
Frances Corne 26 << boarder

All family born Tring, but no sign of Georgina - if this is the right family I wonder if she could be with grandparents and recorded under their name? Not seeing a marriage for Thomas Sears to a Lydia to check her maiden name though.

This Thomas died in 1889 - from probate register:

18/4/1889, the will of Thomas Sears, late of Roxeth Harrow..died 13/3/1889 at Roxeth proved by Lydia Sears of 2 Grange Terrace, his widow. Effects £133 15s

Flip

Flip Report 30 Oct 2012 11:00

Lydia Sears in 1911 with married daughter Emily Alice (M1900 Hendon) - the image says Sears but has been mistranscribed.

Emily Alice Smith
[Emily Alice Lears]
Age in 1911: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Tring, Hertford, England
Civil parish: Abergavenny
County/Island: Monmouthshire
Country: Wales
Street Address: 43 Overton Terrace Cae Penyard Abergavenny
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 10
Estimated Marriage Year: 1901
Registration district: Abergavenny
Registration District Number: 584
Sub-registration district: Abergavenny
ED, institution, or vessel: 05
Household schedule number: 113
Piece: 31791
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Smith 38
Emily Alice Smith 35 << born Tring
Leornard Alfred Smith 8
Agnes Kathleen Smith 6
Geoffrey Arnold Smith 3
Baby Smith Under 1 Month
Lydia Lears 63 << born Tring

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Oct 2012 13:20

I wondered yesterday about this one....but didn't pursue it at the time

1891 England Census

Name: Georgina Young
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Niece
Gender: Female
Where born: Tring, Hertfordshire, England
Civil parish: Bushey
Ecclesiastical parish: Ashey St Mathew
Town: Bushey
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England

Registration district: Watford
Sub-registration district: Bushey
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1117
Folio: 57
Page Number: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
Amos Young 30
Jane Young 22
Ada Young 10
Albert Young 8
Horace Young 4
Florence Young 2
Georgina Young 8

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Oct 2012 13:25

The only birth for a Georgina Young in Berkhampstead district is this one...........

Births Jun 1882 (>99%)
Young Georgina Elizabeth Berkhampstead 3a 541


And she is with her parents in 1891.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Oct 2012 13:32

Marriages Sep 1880 (>99%)

Goodchild Maria Jane Wycombe 3a 741
Young Amos Wycombe 3a 741

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1861 England Census about Amos Young
Name: Amos Young
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Son
Father's Name: David Young
Mother's name: Elizabeth Young
Gender: Male
Where born: Tring, Hertfordshire, England
Civil parish: Tring
Ecclesiastical parish: Rochester
Town: Tring
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England

Registration district: Berkhampstead
Sub-registration district: Tring
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 45
Piece: 843
Folio: 60
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
David Young 44
Elizabeth Young 43
Lydia Young 13******************************************
Shadrack Young 11
Frederick Young 9
Albert Young 6
Mark Young 4
Amos Young 1

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Oct 2012 13:35

Marriages Sep 1870 (>99%)

Seare Thomas Berkhampstead 3a 534
Young Lydia Berkhampstead 3a 534

Flip

Flip Report 30 Oct 2012 13:51

Looks like you're on the right track Reggie! I missed that marriage even though I was using the phonetic search.

Incidently looks like Lydia didn't re-marry, but died in 1921 -she was living at 65 Norholt Road, Harrow with daughter Emily Alice Smith on the ERs. No probate record though.

Hazel

Hazel Report 30 Oct 2012 13:56

Thanks Reggie for all your hard work am looking forward to going through it all think my grandma Georgina was sent to live with relatives in Peterborough when she was young according to my mother trouble is never took a lot of notice when Mum talked about it now I am interested nobody to ask !!! Just been looking on Tring website and there is a garage in Tring called Sears Motors think I might get in touch see if it is a long lost relation.

Hazel

Hazel Report 30 Oct 2012 13:56

Thanks Reggie for all your hard work am looking forward to going through it all think my grandma Georgina was sent to live with relatives in Peterborough when she was young according to my mother trouble is never took a lot of notice when Mum talked about it now I am interested nobody to ask !!! Just been looking on Tring website and there is a garage in Tring called Sears Motors think I might get in touch see if it is a long lost relation.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Oct 2012 14:05

My results were on the back of Flip's postings.....couldn't have found the info without her input

BUT.....you need to re-think...........none of Georgina's immediate family remained in Tring. Her father didn't even die there.