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ann hughes

knowlegable brummie
my grandmother as married here to a joseph hobday august 15th 1892 her name was emma swift and her father stephan swift i am doing my family tree and wold like to know her mothers maiden name could i get this infomation from here

ann hughes
 
Household:1881 Census
48 Court No 10 House CheapsideBirmingham, Warwick, England
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupation
Stephen SWIFT Head M Male 39 N K Cabman
Elizebeth SWIFT Wife M Female 35 N K
Emma SWIFT Daur Female 13 Walsall, Stafford, England Scholar
Elizebeth SWIFT Daur Female 7 Bham, Warwick, England Scholar
 
Possible Marriage:-

Stephen Dean Swift
Jul-Sept 1865
Birmingham
vol 6d
page 195.

Elizabeth Mary Franklin.
Jul-Sept 1865
vol 6d
page 195.

Worth a try

Colin
 
Colin I had found that marriage also, but feel unsure because on the same page was a
Ann Keight and an Abel Taylor.

In the 1881 census I have:
An Emma J Swift 14 as Head with Sarah Keight Visitor 69
14 Willis St Aston, Warwick, England

Also Abel Taylor with wife Elizabeth
103 Long St Aston, Warwick, England

Meaning that Stephen Swift may have married Ann Keight and Abel Taylor married Elizabeth Franklin
 
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From the 1871 census

Lupin St, Aston

SWIFT, Stephen....Head.... M..28....1843.....Middlesex.....SWIFT, Hannah.... Wife.....F..22.... 1849.....Warwickshire....SWIFT, Emma J.....Daughter.....F..4....1867.....Warwickshire....SWIFT, Florence....Daughter.......F..1....1870.....Warwickshire

Terry
 
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Terry that's the same family I found in 1881, so it looks like that Stephen in 1865 married Hannah/ Ann Keight... and she had died or left the children by 1881 and their Gran was there...
Household Record 1881 British Census
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability
Emma J. SWIFT Daur (Head) Female 14 Birmingham, Warwick, England Boot Top Maker
Florence SWIFT Daur Female 11 Birmingham, Warwick, England Scholar
Eveline SWIFT Daur Female 4 Birmingham, Warwick, England
Hannah SWIFT Daur Female 7 m Birmingham, Warwick, England
Sarah KEIGHT Visitor W Female 69 Hales Owen, Worcester, England Annuitant
John LUCAS Boarder M Male 64 Birmingham, Warwick, England Insurance Agent

We need to find out which Emma married joseph hobday and her sibblings names...
 
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Deaths Mar 1881 SWIFT Hannah 32 Aston 6d208

This looks like the death for Hannan just before the census was taken and she was the right age 32.
 
Births Sep 1866 Swift Emma J Birmingham 6d157
Here's the birth for Emma J...

Stephen Swift - ANN KEIGHT Marriage: 13 AUG 1865 Saint Phillips, Birmingham, Warwick, England
 
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