English Researchers can you help with Emma Coe?

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It is reported that Edith Emma Coe, daughter of James Coe and Elizabeth Tiffen was born

November 22, 1863

in Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England.

We're looking for a proper source for her birth for this week's Collaborative Profile of the Week.

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Forgot to mention I looked here http://www.freereg.org.uk

Answer 1

The only record for the birth of Edith Emma Coe, is England, GRO index, Cosford, Vol. 4a, page 416 q December 1862. Please note 1862, not 1863.

Cosford Registration District, in the County of Suffolk, includes the civil parish of Brent Eleigh.

No baptism record is apparent.

Comments

I saw that 1862, birth and thought it must be someone else. Everything else says 1863.

Answer 2

Edith E Coe

England and Wales Census, 1871

Name: Edith E Coe

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1871

Gender: Female

Age: 8

Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter

Birthplace: Brent Eleigh, Suffolk

Schedule Type: Household

Registration District: Cosford

Sub-District: Lavenham

Parish: Brent Eleigh

County: Suffolk

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

James Coe Self M 38 Long Melford, Suffolk

Elizabeth Coe Wife F 35 Acton, Suffolk

Edith E Coe Daughter F 8 Brent Eleigh, Suffolk

James E Coe Son M 5 Brent Eleigh, Suffolk

Hephzibah Sach Visitor F 20 Great Tey, Essex

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"England and Wales Census, 1871," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFN7-DYR : accessed 25 June 2015), Edith E Coe in household of James Coe, Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England; from "1871 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 10, folio 30, p. 7, Cosford registration district, Lavenham subdistrict, ED 3, household 43, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 830,761.

Answer 3

Edith E Coe

England and Wales Census, 1881

Name: Edith E Coe

Age (Original): 18

Gender: Female

Birth Year: 1863

Birthplace: Brent Ely, Suffolk, England

Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter

Marital Status: Single

Address: Bouchiers Grange Marshall Lane

Event Place: Great Coggeshall, Essex, England

Record Type: Household

Affiliate Publication Number: RG11

Piece/Folio: 1807 / 38

Page Number: 30

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

James Coe Head M 48 Long Melford, Suffolk, England

Elizabeth Coe Wife F 45 Acton, Suffolk, England

Edith E Coe Daughter F 18 Brent Ely, Suffolk, England

Ernest J Coe Son M 15 Brent Ely, Suffolk, England

Jessie M Coe Daughter F 9 Brent Ely, Suffolk, England

Beatrice M Coe Daughter F 8 Brent Ely, Suffolk, England

Alice R Coe Daughter F 7 Brent Ely, Suffolk, England

Edmund Edgar Farm Servant M 17 Preston, Suffolk, England

GS Film number: 1341436

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Thank you

Answer 4

Evidently she was born in 1862 not 1863.  Does the budget run to ordering birth certs?  :)

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Who's budget can we tap into? :)

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If a particular census is taken prior to a persons birthday, the birth estimate can be off vs. if the census is taken after the persons birthday.

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Yes.  But in this case the census ages are accurate - birth 4th qtr 1862, censuses in April 1871/81, so she was indeed 8/18 as stated.