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This article is about a couple of the "tricky" genealogical cases - two of the daughters of John Kendall and his wife Elizabeth (née Rogers) who appeared to vanish from the records.
To try to discover what might have become of them, I decided to work backwards, and try to track down Mr. Wiseman's family.
The name of Charles Wiseman's father was omitted from the marriage register, but I did find one Henry Samuel Wiseman in the 1861 census, living in Crowe at the home of his grandfather Henry Wiseman, with his mother Amelia Wiseman and his brother George Wiseman. It appears that Amelia had two sons without the benefit of a husband!
I couldn't find Amelia Wiseman in the 1871 census, but I did find George Wiseman, living at Crowe Cottages, neigbouring the Kendall family, with his now-married mother Amelia White, her father William Wiseman, and her other children Samuel, Sarah, Charles and James White. Of course, Amelia, Samuel and George were all born the same years as their counterparts in the 1861 census. ("William" was born the same year as Amelia's father Henry, and there's no other mention of him in the records. The enumerator's mistake perhaps?)
Amelia Wiseman and Samuel White married in 1862. It seems reasonable to assume that, as Samuel took his name and George didn't, Samuel White was Samuel Wiseman's father.
Grandfather Henry died in 1878, and by the time of the 1881 census, Amelia had vanished. George was the head of the Wiseman household at No. 6 Crowe Cottages. Samuel White lived with George and his family. Mary Ann and her family lived at No. 1 Crowe Cottages.
Samuel and Mary Ann married three years later. He used his apparent legal name, Charles Samuel Henry Wiseman, in the marriage register.
Following their marriage, Mary Ann and Samuel lived at Crowe. They were neighbours with her parents John and Elizabeth, several of her siblings and their families, and his brother George and his family.
Mary and Samuel had three children. The first, Charles Samuel, was born just before the census in 1891. His parents registered his surname as Wiseman, but in the census, used White. The other children, Alice Mary and Rosie Amelia, were both registered with the surname White.
Sam White died in 1915. Thus far, I've found no record of the death of Mary.
There is no record of the baptism of Sarah in Ringwood, so it's possible her name was indeed Emma Sarah.
A search of the Quidhampton birth records around that time reveals the following:
A search for Mr. Topp in the 1901 census found him in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, with one Emily Kendall in his service. Emily was from Ringwood, and was the same age as Sarah. No Emily Kendall was born in Ringwood at that time, so it's likely that Emily was Emma Sarah.
There was also no trace in the 1901 census of Emma Sarah's son, Charles Frederick, nor of any of the other "Kendell" children.
A further search for John H. P. Topp found the records of John Henry Partridge Topp, born the same year in Wimborne, Dorset. He married Violet Dinah Bennett in Lambeth, London, in 1884. They had two children, and by 1891, had parted ways. She was in Dorset with their children, while he was in Quidhampton with Sarah and her son.
John H. P. Topp died in 1907.
There was no trace of Sarah in the 1911 census, but Fred Topp, born 1888 in Wiltshire was found in Portsmouth at the home of John A. Melborne, a Navy Stoker, of Ringwood. Fred was described as a "step son". His mother, John Melbourne's wife, was Emma, also of Ringwood and about the same age as Sarah.
Also present at the home of John Melbourne in the 1911 census were Will and Blanche Nelson. Blanche was described as "Daughter", aged 18, and married for one year. The only possible match in the records is the 1910 marriage of Raymond Nelson and Blanche Florence Topp. Blanche's age matches that of Florence Amelia B Kendell, born in Quidhampton.
The 1911 census reported that John and Emma Melbourne had been married for two years; however, there's no record of any such marriage. In fact, the marriage records reveal that John Arthur Melbourne, Chief Stoker R.N., wed Emily Sarah Topp in 1914, and that the bride's father was John Kendall.
John Melbourne died in 1920. Emily Sarah Melbourne died in Portsmouth in 1942.
Mary Ann Kendall
Mary married Charles Samuel Henry Wiseman on July 10th, 1884. They promptly vanished from the records.To try to discover what might have become of them, I decided to work backwards, and try to track down Mr. Wiseman's family.
The name of Charles Wiseman's father was omitted from the marriage register, but I did find one Henry Samuel Wiseman in the 1861 census, living in Crowe at the home of his grandfather Henry Wiseman, with his mother Amelia Wiseman and his brother George Wiseman. It appears that Amelia had two sons without the benefit of a husband!
I couldn't find Amelia Wiseman in the 1871 census, but I did find George Wiseman, living at Crowe Cottages, neigbouring the Kendall family, with his now-married mother Amelia White, her father William Wiseman, and her other children Samuel, Sarah, Charles and James White. Of course, Amelia, Samuel and George were all born the same years as their counterparts in the 1861 census. ("William" was born the same year as Amelia's father Henry, and there's no other mention of him in the records. The enumerator's mistake perhaps?)
Amelia Wiseman and Samuel White married in 1862. It seems reasonable to assume that, as Samuel took his name and George didn't, Samuel White was Samuel Wiseman's father.
Grandfather Henry died in 1878, and by the time of the 1881 census, Amelia had vanished. George was the head of the Wiseman household at No. 6 Crowe Cottages. Samuel White lived with George and his family. Mary Ann and her family lived at No. 1 Crowe Cottages.
Samuel and Mary Ann married three years later. He used his apparent legal name, Charles Samuel Henry Wiseman, in the marriage register.
Following their marriage, Mary Ann and Samuel lived at Crowe. They were neighbours with her parents John and Elizabeth, several of her siblings and their families, and his brother George and his family.
Mary and Samuel had three children. The first, Charles Samuel, was born just before the census in 1891. His parents registered his surname as Wiseman, but in the census, used White. The other children, Alice Mary and Rosie Amelia, were both registered with the surname White.
Sam White died in 1915. Thus far, I've found no record of the death of Mary.
Sarah Kendall
In the 1891 census, Sarah and her sister Jane were not in Ringwood. A search turned up Emma Sarah Kendall and Jane Kendall in Quidhampton, Wiltshire. They were from Ringwood, the right age, and both were in the service of one John H. P. Topp, a merchant of Wimborne, Dorset. Emma Sarah had with her a two-year-old son, Charles Frederick Kendall.There is no record of the baptism of Sarah in Ringwood, so it's possible her name was indeed Emma Sarah.
A search of the Quidhampton birth records around that time reveals the following:
- Kendell, Charles Frederick - 1888 Jul-Sep
- Kendell, Florence Amelia B - 1892 Oct-Dec
- Kendell, George - 1895 Oct-Dec
- Kendell, Walter - 1897 Apr-Jun
A search for Mr. Topp in the 1901 census found him in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, with one Emily Kendall in his service. Emily was from Ringwood, and was the same age as Sarah. No Emily Kendall was born in Ringwood at that time, so it's likely that Emily was Emma Sarah.
There was also no trace in the 1901 census of Emma Sarah's son, Charles Frederick, nor of any of the other "Kendell" children.
A further search for John H. P. Topp found the records of John Henry Partridge Topp, born the same year in Wimborne, Dorset. He married Violet Dinah Bennett in Lambeth, London, in 1884. They had two children, and by 1891, had parted ways. She was in Dorset with their children, while he was in Quidhampton with Sarah and her son.
John H. P. Topp died in 1907.
There was no trace of Sarah in the 1911 census, but Fred Topp, born 1888 in Wiltshire was found in Portsmouth at the home of John A. Melborne, a Navy Stoker, of Ringwood. Fred was described as a "step son". His mother, John Melbourne's wife, was Emma, also of Ringwood and about the same age as Sarah.
Also present at the home of John Melbourne in the 1911 census were Will and Blanche Nelson. Blanche was described as "Daughter", aged 18, and married for one year. The only possible match in the records is the 1910 marriage of Raymond Nelson and Blanche Florence Topp. Blanche's age matches that of Florence Amelia B Kendell, born in Quidhampton.
The 1911 census reported that John and Emma Melbourne had been married for two years; however, there's no record of any such marriage. In fact, the marriage records reveal that John Arthur Melbourne, Chief Stoker R.N., wed Emily Sarah Topp in 1914, and that the bride's father was John Kendall.
John Melbourne died in 1920. Emily Sarah Melbourne died in Portsmouth in 1942.
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