Newt Shortt-475 ... my brickwall ancestor

Question

My brickwall ancestor is Florence Elsworthy White born in Blackfriars London/Middlesex in 1864.

I have her father's name Robert White, a Clerk, from her Marriage to George Mannering Mills in Southwark, London/Surrey 1887 and her Mother Eliza White from 1891 census, where she is living with the family.

I cannot find official birth for Florence to find Mothers Maiden name.

I cannot find marriage of parents Robert White and Eliza

I cannot find them before Florence's marriage in 1887.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Michaela

Answer 1

Robert White findagrave ID 218298235

There are a couple of Eliza;s in the same cemetery

Answer 2

Eliza White findagrave ID 218183337

Answer 3

I can't guarantee this is 100% correct, it could be worth looking at though, I found a "Florence Elsworthy Pym" born 29th June 1864 at Lambeth, and on the 1939 Register Florence's date of birth is down as the 30th of June, so possibly matches up with it just being one day out?

The trouble is her parents are down as Joseph Pym and Eliza Cook, I haven't yet found any marriage for an Eliza Pym to a Robert White, thinking that perhaps Robert White is Florence's step-father, another idea was that perhaps Florence was adopted by Eliza White.

Florence is living with Eliza Pym on the 1871 Census, oddly enough Eliza is down as unmarried.

Obviously this could just be very coincidental with the date of birth matching up with the 1939 Register (I got the digital copy of her birth), but I figured I'd share what I found anyway.

Birth Reg - https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=37399060:0861&d=bmd_1708534455

Baptism - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1738054:1558?tid=&pid=&queryId=5f6ef4d6-71d6-485a-be51-5325f8d68613&_phsrc=Khu5169&_phstart=successSource

1871 Census - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/7767578:7619