Curiouser and curiouser. Could the Polly in 1891 be the same child as the Mary in 1901? ( Polly is a nickname for Mary). But the family don't seem to be very sure about when and where she was born :-(( Anne On 4 Nov 2011, at 16:18, Jan Rockett wrote: > 1891 Census, showing an illegitamate son, John Cook!! > > CONNOLLY, John Head Married M 27 1864 Sweep > Hammersmith > London VIEW > CONNOLLY, Caroline Wife Married F 29 1862 > Hammersmith > London VIEW > CONNOLLY, John Father Married M 79 1812 Bricklayers > Labourer > Henley on Thames > Oxfordshire VIEW > CONNOLLY, Polly Daughter F 3 1888 > Fulham > > COOK, John Son Illeg M 5 1886 > Fulham > > From: Judy Lester > > > This could be the family in 1901 > > 1901 census > RG13/56 folio 120 page 31 > Reg. District: Fulham > Sub District: North-West Fulham > Parish: Fulham > Enum. District: 20 > Ecclesiastical District: St Clement > Address: 2, Claybrooke Road, Fulham > County: London > CONNOLLEY, John Head Married M 41 1860 > Chimney Sweep Fulham > CONNOLLEY, Caroline Wife Married F 35 1866 > Laundry Ironer Notting Hill > ***CONNOLLEY, Mary Daughter Single F 16 1885 > Laundry Ironer Plumstead*** > CONNOLLEY, John Son Single M 14 1887 Chemists > Boy Chelsea > > This could be the marriage of John and Caroline: > Mar Qtr 1886 > CONNOLLY John Kensington 1a 288 > COOK Caroline Kensington 1a 288 > > >> I am looking for my Grandmother's birth record. According to the 1911 > census she was born in >> plumstead infirmary. Her birth year is 1884. Her name was Mary > Connolly, that is what shows on her >> marriage certificate, Her Father was John and was a sweep. >> Thank you >> Pat from Canada >