Finding out parents' names?

Question

I haven't had to do this in a while, so all my knowledge has deserted me!

I'm trying to find out if there was a Rose BLANCHE born to Arthur James BLANCHE and Elizabeth Ann BLANCHE (nee SALTER), in the Woolwich area of London, between 1886 and 1910. I don't know her birth year, but she died between 1982 and 1986 (when I was a baby), and the only photo I have is of her in 1982 looking very old!

I have looked on FreeBMD, and I've whittled it down to these 2:

* Rose Ivy BLANCHE - 1902 - Lambeth - 1d 355

* Rose Henrietta BLANCHE - 1902 - West Ham - 4a 193

Family Search doesn't have any information about them. Her family were living in Woolwich, so I think Lambeth and West Ham are likely birth places.

Is there any other site I can try, or should I just order the birth certificates for both?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

UK answer.

This was the  household members in 1891.

Household Members: Name Age

Arthur C Blanche 5  

Arthur J Blanche 27  

Elizth A Blanche 28  

John G Blanche 3  

Richard H Blanche 5 Weeks  

Topsy L Blanche 2

This is the list of household members taken from the 1901 census.

Household Members: Name Age

Arthur Blanche 14  

Arthur J Blanche 36  

Elizabeth A Blanche 36  

Jack Blanche 13  

Maud Blanche 5  

Nellie Blanche 7  

Stanley Blanche 2  

John Bloomfield 20  

So the chances are that you have already found your lady in either West Ham or Lambeth.

Did your lady marry,  do you know her married name ?, her birth date will be included on the death index on ancestry.co.uk, as since 1st  of April 1969 the  full birth date and address has been included on the birth certificate here in the UK.

Answer 2

Lyra, I have sent you an email.

Death :

Oct.Qtr.1983 Rose Henrietta ..............born 20th. Nov 1902

Greenwich 12 1112

This is the correct Rose :

Dec Qtr.1902 - Rose Henrietta BLANCHE - West Ham - 4a 193

It is not very clear whether the original page number is 193 or 195, on balance I think it is a 3

Answer 3

I found this in the 1901 census:

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865

Relation: Head  

Spouse's Name: Elizabeth A

Gender: Male

Where born: Gravesend, Kent, England

  

Civil Parish: Plumstead  

Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret  

County/Island: London  

Country: England  

  

Registration district: Woolwich  

Sub registration district: Plumstead East  

ED, institution, or vessel: 29  

Neighbors: View others on page  

Household schedule number: 413

Household Members: Name Age

Arthur Blanche 14  

Arthur J Blanche 36  

Elizabeth A Blanche 36  

Jack Blanche 13  

Maud Blanche 5  

Nellie Blanche 7  

Stanley Blanche 2  

John Bloomfield 20  

The year before your Rose was born.