Emilie Louise Thomas & Sydney Hubert Craddock (General)

by Paul Andrews , Shropshire, England, Friday, June 12, 2015, 16:50 (3452 days ago) @ Bonny Hale

I think these are the parents of Emilie/Emily Louise Thomas

Record_ID 17563
Entry_Number 9
Year 1868
Month Apr
Day 17
Grooms_Surname THOMAS
Grooms_Forenames William
Grooms_Age 22
Groom_Condition Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation Collier
Grooms_Residence Ruspidge
Grooms_Fathers_Surname THOMAS
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames John
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation Labourer
Brides_Surname ELLAWAY
Brides_Forenames Sarah
Brides_Age 21
Brides_Condition Spinster
Brides_Occupation [not stated]
Brides_Residence Cinderford
Brides_Fathers_Surname ELLAWAY
Brides_Fathers_Forenames John
Brides_Fathers_Occupation Collier
Licence_or_Banns Banns
Date_of_Banns [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark Both sign
Witness_1 J[illegible]s Ellaway
Witness_2 May Ellaway
Other_Witnesses
Officiating_Minister Samuel Edwards
Event Marriage
Memoranda
Notes
Register_Reference P348 IN 1/3
Page_Number 5
Parish_Chapel Viney Hill

The 1891 England Census in my earlier post shows this couple with their family at that time.

From Gloucestershire BMD Indexes:

Child Surname: THOMAS; Child Forename: Emilie Louise; Father Surname: THOMAS; Mother Surname: THOMAS; Mother's Former Name: ELLAWAY; Year: 1889; District: Westbury on Severn, Newnham; Register: 59; Entry: 343.

Soudley is 3.5 miles from Cinderford and it is not unusual to find different places of birth given on different census returns. One would expect that in the 1911 census, Emily/Emilie gave the information and is the place she believed she was born.

Between 1888 and 1891 only three female Thomas children were born in Westbury on Severn Registration District with the forename beginning E. The others were Ethel Miriam in Jun 1890 and Ethel Violet in Dec 1890. The fact that the spelling of Emilie/Emily differs is explained by the knowledge of those writing the reports. From the death record she was certainly known as Emilie by the informant of the death.

I believe the Emily Louse (sic) Thomas visiting the Tracey family at Maindee, Newport, Mon in 1911 is Emilie Louise Thomas the child of William Thomas and Sarah Ellaway.