I'm Stuck

[Miss Poohs]

and I can'nae see the woods for the trees I think.

Can someone on the outside looking in offer any suggestions?

I've been delving into the Bonnar (Bonar, Bonner??) family history for a while now and there are still a couple I'm struggling with.

One of them is a Lizzie Bonner who mysteriously surfaces on the 1891 census, as the daughter of James Bonner (aged 17).

I've found most if not all of the other Bonnar birth certs but I can't find Lizzies.

I've looked for marriage and death certs for her too and can't find anything.

Can anyone suggest any routes I've missed out?

[AndrewP]

One of them is a Lizzie Bonner who mysteriously surfaces on the 1891 census, as the daughter of James Bonner (aged 17).

I've found most if not all of the other Bonnar birth certs but I can't find Lizzies.

I've looked for marriage and death certs for her too and can't find anything.

Can anyone suggest any routes I've missed out?

If the parents were unmarried, have you found her mother's surname? Lizzie could be registered by her mother's surname for birth, marriage and death, even though she appeared with the father's surname on the census.


A few minutes later...

Am I reading your question correctly? Who is age 17? James the father, or Lizzie the daughter?

All the best,

AndrewP

[Miss Poohs]

Sorry Andrew it's Lizzie who is 17 - that's what I can't understand, because up until and after 1891, there isn't a peep of her.

Strange

[JustJean]

Is this the one??????

Name: Lizzie Bonner
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relationship: Daur (Daughter)
Father's Name: James
Gender: Female
Where born: Blantyre, Lanarkshire
Registration Number: 647
Registration district: Hamilton
Civil Parish: Hamilton
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 42 Allanton Rows
Occupation: Scholar

Household Members:
Annie Boner 1, grand s?, b. Kirkintilloch, Stirlingshire
James Bonner 54,head, b. Ireland
Lizzie Bonner 17 see above
Mary Bonner 19, b. Hamilton, Lanarkshire
Rebecca Bonner 15 b. Hamilton, Lanarkshire

Best wishes
Jean

[Miss Poohs]

Yeah Jean that's the one - she just appears there and no where else, very odd.

[Miss Poohs]

I got her - she was infact born in 1884 which would have made her 7 in 1891 not 17!!

Heard it all now