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I think it might repay you to obtain a copy of Emily's birth certificate. According to Findmypast the mother's maiden name was Jarvis suggesting she was illegitimate. But the birth certificate might contain additional information.

Have you found Emily in the 1871 & 1881 censuses? Who was she living with?

Thanks for the suggestion Pat, but I have looked already as the family lived in East Brent in the early years.  The only baptisms I can find at the time of Emily's birth and a few years later are those of Ann's nieces and nephew,  her brother's children.

Ann's parents were George West Jarvis and Harriet Tilley and Ann was the youngest child born 1843. 

I have no proof that Ann is Emily's mother, it is just a guess but it could be that her only unmarried brother Edmund is the father and the mother is unknown although the maiden name on the GRO Index is blank suggesting it was Jarvis.

Perhaps I should go through all the PRs for the villages close by in case she was baptised away from the family home.  She was brought up by her grandparents working in the dairy until her marriage in 1897.

Have you tried JERVIS and East Brent for a baptism?  Who were Ann's parents?  Could Emily have been christened as a child of theirs - perhaps with a different first name.

Thanks Pat. It was the late 1800’s so no.2 was by the pub at the far end of the terrace.

Thanks again

Eddie

It will depend upon when they were there - in 1875 No 2 would have been near Alfred Street but after the numbers changed in 1908 it was numbered the other way and No 2 was at the other end, next to the Railway Hotel Stables 

This is from a 1917 Street Directory

Hi,

Just been reading in the newsletter about the Spread Eagle and Anstice Terrace. One of my ancestors lived at 2 Anstice Terrace but I have never been able to find out which way the numbering went.

any ideas would be helpful. Many thanks.