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the marriage of Alfred Henry Rooms. He was born 1895 Coventry. At first I was not sure of his wife but heresay from family indicated that it might be Ida and that she had a scots accent. I then hit a bit of luck and discovered that in 1933/34 Alfred lived 87 Ransom Road, Coventry. I am extremely lucky in that an email to Coventry Central Library Family Studies section resulted in them providing me with the names of the occupants of that house in 1933 and yes, it was Alfred Henry Rooms and wife Ida Aderina Rooms. As Alfred was born 1895 I would estimate the marriage to be any time after 1914/15 BUT I do not have a clue as to Ida's maiden name. I have tried Freebmd but nothing at all comes up. Is there a way that on Ancestry you can put in grooms name and then the christian names of the bride in order to search ? I have a friend who has ancestry subscription and I could drive to her house and ask her to look if someone could guide me as to how to go about it. Thank you for reading this, and I hope you can understand what I am getting at.

If nothing comes up on FreeBMD then the marriage hasn't been transcribed by them yet.

The only way to find the marriage on Ancestry is to search qtr. by qtr. in every year until you find the entry.

I think that you can put both names in the search on the Family Relatives site (which is pay per view) but I'm not sure what year that goes up to.

Kath. x

Thanks Kathleen. I'll have to pop to my friends sometime today or tomorrow and see if she/we can have a go at this.

Do you know if they had any children? searching for the mothers maiden name is alot quicker than a marriage if you know appox year of birth

Could have just had a breakthrough I think. Wendy (above) asked about children. It was thought that Ida had at least two girls - one Betty and one Jessie. I've just gone onto freebmd and inputted 'Births'/'Rooms'/Coventry and lo and behold a Betty A. Rooms came up born 1921 !!.... mothers maiden name Lennie, so could it be Ida Aderina Lennie. Tried again on freebmd for marriage - still nothing.

I've searched for a marriage from 1913 to 1921 and I haven't found anything yet.

They may have married after the children were born.

Haven't time to search any more years at the moment.

Good luck.

Kath. x

Re possible Ida Aderina LENNIE?? As she was possibly a mother by 1921 I thought I would try and locate her via the 1901 census so on the front page of genes I inputted her name and ... there were no results. With Ida having a Scots accent does this mean she was born there and will only appear on their records for birth, marriage and census. Oh God, this gets even harder.

Have checked on Ancestry from 1925 (exc DEc qtr not yet listed) - 1933 incl and no marriage found.

I double checked for Dec qtr 1925 by clicking on the year and found it wasnt there yet .

They married in Scotland in 1918. You can get the details from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (it's a pay per view site but the basic free search shows that there is a marriage of an Alfred Rooms & Ida Lennie in 1918).

Cheers
Richard

it looks like Alfred and Ida may have married in scotland.I've looked from 1913 up til 1930 no marriages for them sorry

1901 Scotland Census
about Ida A Lennie
Name: Ida A Lennie
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relationship: Daur (Daughter)
Father's Name: Charles
Mother's Name: Andrina
Gender: Female
Where born: Orphir, Orkney
Registration Number: 10/1
Registration district: Tingwall
Civil Parish: Tingwall
County: Shetland
Address: Mid Shore Scalloway Hotel
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 5
Page: 16 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 108
Line: 13
Roll: CSSCT1901_4
Household Members: Name Age
Andrina Lennie 41
Charles Lennie 41
Charles E Lennie 10
Ida A Lennie 7
Jessie Lennie 18
Thomas Little 30
George Munro 32
James Robertson 28
Margaret Sutherland 19
Alexander Wood 63


Mystery solved :)

There's also one Rooms surname birth in Scotland, in 1920. Probably another child of Alfred & Ida?

James Robinson Alexander Wood George Monroe and Thomas Little are all boarders,Margaret Sutherland is a domestic servant.

Ida's father Charles b1860 is from Orkney a Hotel Keeper her mother Adrina is also from Orkney.

Richard and Wendy - you wonderful, wonderful people. I was just about giving up all hope of ever getting to the bottom of this. Thanks a million. Give yourselves a gold star - supersized. Many thanks.

1891:
Name: Charles Lennie
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Anarena
Mother's Name: Jessie
Gender: Male
Where born: Orphir, Orkneyshire
Registration Number: 21
Registration district: Kirkwall and St Ola
Civil Parish: Kirkwall and St Ola
Town: Kirkwall
County: Orkney
Address: 37 Victoria St
Occupation: Grocer
ED: 3
Page: 12 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 69
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1891_5
Household Members: Name Age
Jessie Bews 53
Anarena Lennie 31
Charles Lennie 31
Charles E Lennie 8 mo
Jessie Lennie 8
Peter Lennie 16
Thomas A Lennie 10

.. Jessie Bews is shown as Charles's mother, but I think in fact she was his mother-in-law as there's a marriage of a Charles Lennie to an Anderina Bews in 1880! There's also an Andrina Bews born in 1859.

I reckon that you need to get some credits on ScotlandPeople!

Cheers
Richard

IGI:

ANDRINA BEWS
Birth: 02 AUG 1859 Orphir, Orkney, Scotland
Parents:
Father: THOMAS BEWS
Mother: JESSIE LINNIE


THOMAS BEWS
Spouse: JESSIE LENNIE
Marriage: 23 DEC 1858 Orphir, Orkney, Scotland

you are very welcome
wendy :)