Person:Rose Mitchell (6)

Rose May Mitchell was born on 11th April 1899 at 19 Rileys Court in Rugby, Warwickshire. She was the daughter of Harriet Mitchell, formerly Bastock. Her birth and baptism records suggest that Rose's father was Harriet's husband, Alfred Mitchell. However, Rose's death certificate says that she was the daughter of an 'Edward Scholes Mitchell'. Looking at the 1901 census we find that Harriet was living with a man named Edward Scholes Feary, whilst her husband Alfred Mitchell was living in the Coventry Union Workhouse, apparently disabled. Rose was the first of a series of six children Harriet had between 1899 and 1904 who appear to have actually been Edward Scholes Feary's children, not Alfred Mitchell's.

Rileys Court in Rugby was a courtyard of about twenty small houses tucked behind the buildings facing Dunchurch Road near the corner with Warwick Street. The entrance to Rileys Court was almost opposite Rugby School's chapel. The family did not stay long in Rugby after Rose's birth. By the following year they had moved to Coventry (where Harriet had been living with her husband and sons before having Rose). In Coventry they lived at house 11 in Court 2, Thomas Street. It was here that young Rose sadly died on 21st August 1900, aged just sixteen months, of diarrhoea.

1. ↑ Birth certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   REGISTRATION DISTRICT Rugby
   1899 BIRTH in the Sub-district of Rugby in the County of Warwick
   No.	When and where born	Name, if any	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden name of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   288	Eleventh April 1899 19 Rileys Court Rugby U.D.	Rose May	Girl	Alfred Mitchell	Harriett Mitchell formerly Bastock	General Labourer	Harriett Mitchell Mother 19 Rileys Court Rugby	First May 1899	Percy A. Crop Registrar

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Matthew, Rugby, 1841-1911. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of S. Matthew, Rugby in the County of Warwick in the year One thousand eight hundred and ninety nine
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   762	1899 May 3	Rose May	Alfred & Harriett	Mitchell	19 Rileys Court	Labourer	H.A. Barker

3. ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   Registration District Coventry
   1900 DEATH in the Sub-district of St John Coventry in the Counties of Coventry and Warwick
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   442	Twenty first August 1900 11 Court 2 Thomas Street Coventry U.D.	Rose May Mitchell	Female	17 Months	Daughter of Edward Scholes Mitchell an Iron Turner	Infantile Diarrhoea Certified by Victor A. Settle L.S.A.	E.S. Mitchell Father In Attendance 11, Court 2 Thomas Street, Coventry	Twenty second August 1900	Edwin Rainbow Registrar