MATTHEWS/BLANCH - 1891 Census (General)

by troyta , Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 07:00 (3974 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Thanks for your help, but this is not my g grandfather. He appears in the 1891 census with his family at Ruardean Hill. This is why I am trying to find out if the marriage bet. Thomas Matthews and Maud Blanch was indeed my g grandfather. While the marriage occurred in 1889, my g grandfather is with his family in 1891, and no wife is there. However, the family story I have been told is that they did not get along, he tried to get out of the marriage, but she wouldn't let him go. I've thought perhaps that this is why her name is listed separately from his on the ship manifest to the US in 1891. I guess the only way I'll find out is by ordering the marriage record. Perhaps the record belongs to this Thomas and Maud and not to my g grandfather at all.