Malcolm Smith's Family History Archive

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Biography of

Emma  Rosina  TUCK

[Ref. P.408]

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Emma Rosina Tuck was born on 5 February 1860 in Kensington, Middlesex. She was known as Emma.

The 1881 shows Emma employed as a servant in the household of Arthur and Alice Grant at 4 Upper Hill Street in Leicester. It was in Leicester that Emma met Alfred Dexter. They had a daughter, Rose Elizabeth, who was born on 31 August 1887, at which time they were living in Cropston, Leicestershire.

The census of 1891 shows Emma and Alfred living as husband and wife with their daughter at 22 Devonshire Street, Leicester. However, just months later, Alfred had left Emma and married Emma Cook (née Cook), in Wolverhampton. Three years later, Emma herself married widower Thomas Blencowe in Wolverhampton who brought with him daughter Mabel from his first marriage. The marriage certificate showed Emma as a spinster and no name was recorded for her father. Her occupation was given as Tailoress.

Son Ernest Mornington was born the same year then daughter Clara in 1898.

In 1901 the family were living at 5 Lewes Street in Wolverhampton, and Emma was a Tailoress. Daughter Dorothy was born the following year. In 1911 they were living at 7 Sidney Street, Wolverhampton. Emma's daughter Rose was living with her granny Dexter at that time.

That same year, Emma made a Statutory Declaration with husband Thomas with regard to the legitimacy of her daughter Rose Elizabeth. When Rose was born, Emma had registered her with the surname Dexter despite the fact that she and Alfred were not married. The declaration meant that Rose would thereafter be known by the surname Tuck.

Her husband Thomas died in 1922. The 1939 register shows Emma sharing accommodation with Sidney and Dorothy Bate at 5½ The Vine in Sidney Street, Wolverhampton. Her son Ernest and his family were living nearby in number 7.

Emma passed away in Wolverhampton in 1948.