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AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameUNNAMED
Spouses
Birth Date14 Apr 18399628,9629
Birth PlaceBrierley Hill, Staffordshire, England
Memofrom 1911 census. DUDLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT Sub-districts : Brierley Hill, Dudley, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, Tipton, Wordsley.

Baptism information
name: Emma Jeffries
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 05 May 1839
baptism/christening place: SAINT THOMAS,DUDLEY,WORCESTER,ENGLAND
birth date: 14 Apr 1839
father's name: Edward Jeffries
mother's name: Ann
indexing project (batch) number: C04014-5 system origin: England-ODM source film number:378770, 378771, 378772, 378773

Birth Registration
JEFFRIES, Emma
Registration district: Dudley County: Staffordshire
Year of registration: 1839 Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Volume no:18 Page no:270


Above birth details born 14 Apr 1839 Dock Emma father Edward Jeffries, ??? clerk, mother Ann Russell of Dock. Dock is presumably Dock Lane in Dudley. Two points suggest that this is NOT the right Emma. Firstly her father Edward is recorded as Charter Master on Emma’s marriage and secondly Emma was born Brierley Hill which is some 4-5 km from Dock Lane. However it is the best fit of any Emma’s registered 1837-1843, Jefferies or Jeffries.
Chr Date5 May 18399630 Age: <1
Chr PlaceDudley, Worcestershire, England
MemoAt SAINT THOMAS Dudley.
Reside Date2 Apr 19119631 Age: 71
Reside PlaceStourbridge, Worcestershire, England
MemoStill living at 2 Griffiths Yard, Birmingham Street were Emma BLAKENEY, 75, a widow and two of her sons Charles HARRIS, 48 Labourer Brickworks and Henry HARRIS, 36, Carter. Emma’s birth place was recordded as Brileyhill near Stourbrige and her age has increased as her birth date would have been circa 1836. Perhaps she gave her age as younger so as not to appear much older than husband Alfred.

Is Griffiths Yard that of the Griffith family of Alfred’s grandmother?
Death Date12 Mar 19169632,9633 Age: 76
Death PlaceStourbridge, Worcestershire, England
MemoAge at death recorded as 74 which equates to the latest year of birth recorded in a census. Based on her own entry in 1911 census she would have been around 80 years old in 1916. Finding a definitive birth date would he useful. Perhaps she was never honest about her age until she was a widow as Arthur Blakeney knew she was older than he but not quite as old that she indicated in 1911.

She died at home at 2 Griffiths Yard of senile decay. The occupation of her husband, Alfred [deceased] as an iron worker was recorded. Informant was daughter Amanda WILSON of 36 Norton Road, Stourbridge who was present. Registration occurred on the 13th of March.
FatherEdward JEFFERIES (-<1897)
ChildrenAnn Elizabeth (1879-1937)
 Frances (ca1881-)
Notes for Emma (Spouse 1)
Emma’s father was Edward Jefferies a charter master as recorded on he marriage certificate to Alfred Blakeney.

The following seen “best fit” of her birth if Brierley Hills is where she was born (1911 census) but earlier census suggest she was born as late as 1842.
Name: JEFFRIES, Emma
Registration district: Dudley
County: Staffordshire
Year of registration: 1839
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Volume no 18 Page no:270

However review of birth certificate shows father’s occupation as Filing [?] clerk not Charter Master as indicated on Emma’s marriage to Alfred Blakeney. Mother’s maiden name Rufsell not known. After checking the following births the above is though to be the most likely


If registration occurred in Stourbridge then following more likely but certificate shows mother as Mary Jefferies, formerly Douey. Father was an Edward whose occupation was Iron Roller
Name: JEFFRIES, Female (unnamed)
Registration district: Stourbridge
County: Worcestershire
Year of registration: 1837
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Volume no 18 Page no:342


The following not her as father was John Jeffries and mother Elizabeth Turner. Location Tipton.
Name: JEFFRIES, Emma
Registration district: Dudley
County: Staffordshire
Year of registration: 1842 Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Volume no:18 Page no:349

The following not her as father was Joseph Jefferies and mother Elizabeth Wood. Location The Heath.
Name: JEFFERIES, Emma
Registration district: Stourbridge
County: Worcestershire
Year of registration: 1842 Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Volume no:XVIII Page no:452

The following worth looking at
Name: Emma Jeffries
Date of Registration:Apr-May-Jun 1842
Registration district: Dudley
Inferred County:Staffordshire
Volume: 18 Page: 249
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