From: richard@ex-parrot.com   
      
   On 15/11/2019 17:58, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
      
   > Emma Foxley and William Fernyhough married in 1884.  Emma has   
   > children, all with surname Fernyhough, [...] and finally Florence in   
   > 1901.   
   Okay.  So this Florence is the daughter of Emma.   
      
   > The 1911 census shows Florence Fernyhough, Head, 55, Widow, with (a son   
   > aged 26 and) Florence Fernyhough, Daughter, 9 (so born 1902 or '1).   
      
   And this Florence is the daughter of Florence.  Are you sure they're the   
   same person?   
      
   > FreeBMD and GRO show a Florence Fernyhough birth registered in   
   > Wolstanton in 1901Q3 - with mother's maiden name Mellor.   
      
   Neither the GRO index nor FreeBMD show the mother's maiden name prior to   
   about 1911, and I've just looked up this birth, and there is definitely   
   no mother's maiden name shown in either place.  Presumably that means   
   you have the birth certificate.  If so, what does it say is the mother's   
   name?  Emma or Florence?  I assume the father is not given.   
      
   > No other Florence Fernyhough birth registration is shown in 1902 ±2.   
   Indeed not.  However the GRO index lists a Florence Ferneyhough born in   
   Q3 1901 in the Stone district of Staffs.  The difference between   
   Ferneyhough and Fernyhough is small enough that it could simply be an   
   error by the clerk who compiled the index from the handwritten registers.   
      
   The most obvious explanation to me is that you have two Florences: one   
   the daughter of Florence, the other the daughter of Emma.   
      
   Richard   
      
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