Florence Gertrude Furbank born 1867

Well I have no luck in tracing Frederick Furbank either - not a sign of him on the 1851,1861, or 1871 census. In desperation I have looked at the Rogers family to see if there was any connection to Florence - none I could see. I have even looked at the wedding witness Samuel Dabner (a workhouse porter, age 44 married but enumerated in 1891 at the workhouse with all the other staff - it appears he married an Elizabeth Jolley in 1890), again nothing to tie him to Florence.
So unless someone can up with something better, dizzyme's suggestion seems to be the way forward.
 
Just to throw in a little spanner, a GR thread states that Florence and Edward married in May 1891 and the census was taken in April. In the 1891 census she says she is already Mrs Smythe
 
MollyMay said:
Well I have no luck in tracing Frederick Furbank either - not a sign of him on the 1851,1861, or 1871 census. In desperation I have looked at the Rogers family to see if there was any connection to Florence - none I could see. I have even looked at the wedding witness Samuel Dabner (a workhouse porter, age 44 married but enumerated in 1891 at the workhouse with all the other staff - it appears he married an Elizabeth Jolley in 1890), again nothing to tie him to Florence.
So unless someone can up with something better, dizzyme's suggestion seems to be the way forward.
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Seems as though we are all turning up blanks on Florence and Frederick. I did wonder about the Census date and whether it was before or after their marriage. Looks like they jumped the gun if they declared they were married before the due date. Mind you, Florence was pregnant at the time and gave birth about 4 months later.
 
annabel said:
Just to throw in a little spanner, a GR thread states that Florence and Edward married in May 1891 and the census was taken in April. In the 1891 census she says she is already Mrs Smythe
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Florence was pregnant at the time of the Census and gave birth to her daughter, my mother in law's mother, a few months later. She may well have stated that she was married at Census time even if her husband to be stated he was single as they weren't living together at the time. Still wonder what happened to her after the birth of their 5th child in 1903 and her disappearance from the family leaving Edward to bring up 5 kids on his own. Wonder if there is a divorce record anywhere.
 
The 1891 census was taken on the night of 5/6 the April, so you can check on the date of the marriage cert to see if Florence saying married, was a fib or not.

Like you I could not find her after the 1901 census - but if she was living with another man, using his surname, it could be very tricky to find her.
 
Another thing for you to consider - Florence could have ended up in an assylum, either through mental (post natal depression was unheard of, back then) or physical problems, so it may be worth you checking such places on the 1911 census to see if you can spot her. She may appear as FS or even SF.
My own uncle's mother was put in such a place after his birth and I have never found a death record which fits with what I know of her.
 
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