Hi Felicity

This is a really tricky puzzle. Starting with the only census I’ve found Gertrude in so far:

1891
62 Loch Promenade, Douglas

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
Fannie Cartiser 33
Bertha Cartiser 7
Gertrude Braucker 19
Ethel Denny 15
Annie Cain 23

notes
FC/head/wid/33/living on own means/b Liverpool
GB /niece/single/no occupation given/b Liverpool
(Frances Isabel Cartisser was one of the witnesses at the 1892 marriage of Gertrude to William Middleton Burton.)
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Now searching for clues from Gertrude’s aunt. In 1881 she was newly married:

1881
90 Westbourne St, Everton, LP

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
Fanny Cartisser 25
Charles G. Cartisser

notes:
FC wife/mar/steamship 2nd officer’s wife/b Ramsey IOM
CGC son 3 months b LP

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So was Fanny/Fannie born in IOM (81) or Liverpool (91) ? And does this put a question mark over the “LP birthplace” of Gertrude in the 1891 census ?

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IGI --- Marriage of Gertrude’s aunt:
Name John George Cartisser
Spouse's Name Isabel Frances Phillips
Event Date 10 Mar 1880
Event Place St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Father's Name George Cartisser
Spouse's Father's Name George Bigha...L Phillips

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Ancestry’s version:
Name: Isabel Frances Philips
Birth Year: abt 1856
Age: 24
Marriage Date: 10 Mar 1880
Parish: Liverpool, St Nicholas
Spouse's Name: John George Cartisser
Father's name: George Bigland Philips
Spouse Father's Name: George Cartisser

notes:
JGC/26/bach/master mariner/LP/father George Cartisser, merchant
IFP/24/LP/father George Bigland Phillips, officer in the army
witnesses:
Reginald Elliman and Jessie Louisa Butcher

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That’s as far as I can get. My best guess is that Gertrude’s mother may turn out to be Fannie’s sister.

Jean C