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Emily Amelia Schwenk

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Unknown Report 27 Sep 2015 10:47

I am trying to find any documentation for my great grandmother prior to her marriage to John William Wood in 1887 where it states her birth year as about 1868 Her father Johann Jacob Schwenk was born in Germany in 1830 came to England I believe in 1851 and married Charlotte Morgan in 1852 I have found Baptism certificates for her elder siblings and younger siblings just cannot find anything for her Not sure where I can look next thank you for your help

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Sep 2015 10:48

:-)

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Sep 2015 10:59

Maybe she got recorded as Emma? This has happened to one or two of my Emily's! The baptisms in 1878 were for a lot of the children at once, so no indication of age.
?

Name: Emma Schwenk
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: John Schwenk
Mother: Charlotte Schwenk
Gender: Female
Where born: Kilburn, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Willesden
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address: 8 Pembroke Rd

Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Hendon
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1364
Folio: 126
Page Number: 74
Household Members:
Name Age
John Schwenk 50
Charlotte Schwenk 45
Emma Schwenk 11
Robert Schwenk 7
Henry Schwenk 5
William Schwenk 3
Albert Schwenk
Frederick Lucas 24
Rose Lucas 22

Name: Emma Schwenk
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 13 Feb 1878
Father's name: John Jacob Schwenk
Mother's name: Charlotte Schwenk
Parish or Poor Law Union: Paddington St Augustine
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° Report 27 Sep 2015 11:14

The Emma shown above was born on 27 November 1867 according to the baptism record

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 27 Sep 2015 11:34

Here's the image for the "block booking" of baptisms for Schwenks at Paddington St Augustine, 13 Feb 1878

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/19696545

malyon

malyon Report 27 Sep 2015 11:56

Births Sep 1868 (>99%)

SCHENK Emily Poplar 1c 611


my freinds mother was born emma she did not like the mame and called herself emily

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Sep 2015 13:39

Thank you all so much for the information, Looking at the baptism cert it would seem that Emma decided to call herself Emily. I did think it funny to have two daughters close together and call them Emily and Emma.