Mystery of Maud Gear

[ElizabethHerts]

In 1901 Robert and Mary Gear are in Portsmouth.
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Robert is a rigger in HM Dockyard. He is 48 and born in the Channel Islands.
His wife Mary is 45 and born in Portsmouth.

Their "daughter" Maud is 7 and born in Portsmouth.

In 1911 they are in Botley, and Robert is now retired.
Mary is given under her full name of Mary Huntley Gear.
They have been married for 28 years and they have no children.


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I have looked for a birth and death of a Maud Gear, but could find nothing.
So did they try to adopt her and it didn't work out?

[Phoenix]

63 babies with Maud as a first name 1893 - 1895 registered in Portsmouth.

I don't fancy the elimination process, though.

I wonder when they moved to Botley? Burgess Rolls might show that. Maud might have wanted to stay and simply reverted to her birth surname.

[ElizabethHerts]

63 babies with Maud as a first name 1893 - 1895 registered in Portsmouth.

I don't fancy the elimination process, though.

I wonder when they moved to Botley? Burgess Rolls might show that. Maud might have wanted to stay and simply reverted to her birth surname.

Phoenix, I also looked at girls with the name Maud and was surprised just how many there were!

I think this is one mystery I won't solve. It's one of the branches of my tree, so it's not particularly important, but my curiosity is aroused!

[Merry]

She's a servant in Lambeth in 1911.

[ElizabethHerts]

She's a servant in Lambeth in 1911.

Oooh, well spotted, Merry! When I searched earlier I didn't find anything.

[Merry]

I wondered if she married Sydney H L Wallace in 1914 in Alverstoke. I can't find him in 1939 (died 1967) but I wondered if this is Maud:

Maude Wallace 21 Apr 1893 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married

at Ashorne Bursledon Road, Hedge End , Winchester R.D., Hampshire

and she might be the one who died in Southampton district in 1949.

None of which tells us who her parents were!

(I don't know why Hedge End is listed as Winchester? Isn't it in Southampton??)

[ElizabethHerts]

There is Sydney H L Wallace dying in Gosport in 1967, aged 80, so the one you found, Merry. Probably in the armed forces in 1939.

[ElizabethHerts]

Sydney's death is also entered under Sydney H Lefebra-Wallace.

[Merry]

There is Sydney H L Wallace dying in Gosport in 1967, aged 80, so the one you found, Merry. Probably in the armed forces in 1939.

He would have been quite old, though my grandfather served in WW2 and he was about the same age.

[ElizabethHerts]

If Maud was born on 21st April, her birth should have been registered in the second quarter. These are the births for 1893 and for 1894 (in case they got the yob wrong).

Births Jun 1893
Barry Maud Portsea 2b 527
Bishop Maud Portsea 2b 434
Clark Maud May Portsea 2b 460
Nicholas Maud Portsea 2b 529
Pottle Maud May Portsea 2b 525


Births Jun 1894
Browne Maud Lucy Portsea 2b 465
Burgess Maude May E Portsea 2b 444
Childs Maud Louisa Portsea 2b 463
Williams Maud Eliza Portsea 2b 520

[ElizabethHerts]

He would have been quite old, though my grandfather served in WW2 and he was about the same age.

Perhaps he was training for the Home Guard or Civil Defence?

[ElizabethHerts]

If Maud was born on 21st April, her birth should have been registered in the second quarter. These are the births for 1893 and for 1894 (in case they got the yob wrong).

Births Jun 1893
Barry Maud Portsea 2b 527
Bishop Maud Portsea 2b 434
Clark Maud May Portsea 2b 460
Nicholas Maud Portsea 2b 529
Pottle Maud May Portsea 2b 525


Births Jun 1894
Browne Maud Lucy Portsea 2b 465
Burgess Maude May E Portsea 2b 444
Childs Maud Louisa Portsea 2b 463
Williams Maud Eliza Portsea 2b 520


Maud Bishop is with her parents Edwin and Charlotte in 1901.

[ElizabethHerts]

Maud Barry appears to have been illegitimate, so could it be her?


Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
BARRY, MAUD -
GRO Reference: 1893 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND
Volume 02B Page 527

[ElizabethHerts]

Maud Nicholas did not live long.

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
NICHOLAS, MAUD WHITE
GRO Reference: 1893 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND
Volume 02B Page 529


Deaths Jun 1893
Nicholas Maud 0 Portsea 2b 344

[Merry]

Sorry, I went out and I'm off again in 7 minutes.

I was going to see what Robert G's mmn was but I see he was born in the Channel Islands :rolleyes:

[Merry]

The Wallace marriage is definitely the right one/person, as in 1939 we have:

Mary H Gear 26 Dec 1855 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed

at "Olive Dene" off Northern Road, Hedge End , Winchester R.D., Hampshire

and living with her is the second daughter of Maud Wallace , Kathleen M L Cove (later Lovelock) and her first husband, Joseph George Cove (died 1972). Kathleen died in 2002.

[Mary from Italy]

Maud May Pottle died:

Deaths Sep 1893
Pottle Maud May 0 Portsea 2b 351

[Merry]

There's this passenger list:

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[Merry]

Sidney Hugo Wallace was in the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1911.

[ElizabethHerts]

I'm now at my daughter's and have just seen the above posts - thanks! I won't be able to have a good look until tomorrow night.