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Question: Finding out parents' names!?
I haven't had to do this in a while, so all my knowledge has deserted me!

I'm trying to find out if there was a Rose BLANCHE born to Arthur James BLANCHE and Elizabeth Ann BLANCHE (nee SALTER), in the Woolwich area of London, between 1886 and 1910!. I don't know her birth year, but she died between 1982 and 1986 (when I was a baby), and the only photo I have is of her in 1982 looking very old!

I have looked on FreeBMD, and I've whittled it down to these 2:

* Rose Ivy BLANCHE - 1902 - Lambeth - 1d 355
* Rose Henrietta BLANCHE - 1902 - West Ham - 4a 193

Family Search doesn't have any information about them!. Her family were living in Woolwich, so I think Lambeth and West Ham are likely birth places!.

Is there any other site I can try, or should I just order the birth certificates for both!?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Lyra, I have sent you an email!.

Death :
Oct!.Qtr!.1983 Rose Henrietta !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.born 20th!. Nov 1902
Greenwich 12 1112

This is the correct Rose :
Dec Qtr!.1902 - Rose Henrietta BLANCHE - West Ham - 4a 193

It is not very clear whether the original page number is 193 or 195, on balance I think it is a 3Www@QuestionHome@Com

I found this in the 1901 census:
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth A
Gender: Male
Where born: Gravesend, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Plumstead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
County/Island: London
Country: England

Registration district: Woolwich
Sub registration district: Plumstead East
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 413
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur Blanche 14
Arthur J Blanche 36
Elizabeth A Blanche 36
Jack Blanche 13
Maud Blanche 5
Nellie Blanche 7
Stanley Blanche 2
John Bloomfield 20
The year before your Rose was born!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

UK answer!.
This was the household members in 1891!.
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur C Blanche 5
Arthur J Blanche 27
Elizth A Blanche 28
John G Blanche 3
Richard H Blanche 5 Weeks
Topsy L Blanche 2

This is the list of household members taken from the 1901 census!.
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur Blanche 14
Arthur J Blanche 36
Elizabeth A Blanche 36
Jack Blanche 13
Maud Blanche 5
Nellie Blanche 7
Stanley Blanche 2
John Bloomfield 20
So the chances are that you have already found your lady in either West Ham or Lambeth!.
Did your lady marry, do you know her married name !?, her birth date will be included on the death index on ancestry!.co!.uk, as since 1st of April 1969 the full birth date and address has been included on the birth certificate here in the UK!.Www@QuestionHome@Com