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in one of my own oddly named families I've found that 'Str" is often turned into 'Sh' by Ancestry ... even something as simple as 'Strong' becomes 'Shong'

so it's worth looking for Shudwick and even Shadwick in censuses ... but no luck ... none born in Pontypool 1870 to 1880 for example

jax I wondered about the military maybe, would have been ripe for India in the 1870s, looked at Fibis for India, nothing there

They could have left the country, that I do not know. I can't imagine they all died before 1881 with no records, so emigration is what I'm thinking of but cannot find any evidence of that or anything else.

Rhys

just looking for his siblings for locations

Births Mar 1849
Strudwick Charlotte Emma Wallingford 6 286

Marriages Dec 1874
Bott Mary Ann Kensington 1a 283
Clisby John Kensington 1a 283
Strudwick Charlotte Emma Kensington 1a 283
WALKER William Kensington 1a 283

Could he and the family have left the country?

Births Mar 1874
Strudwick Elizabeth Emma Pontypool 11a 145
Births Jun 1875
STRUDWICK Elizabeth Pontypool 11a 169
STRUDWICK Hannah Pontypool 11a 169
Births Dec 1876
Strudwick William James Pontypool 11a 131

These are the possible children, which could help also. Elizabeth Emma died aged 1 if I remember correctly.

the 1861 for our ref ... all the info from census records etc is important for searching so what you have, we need, like the basic fact that he was in Berkshire in 1861


Name: Frank Strudwick
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Son
Parent's Name: Elizabeth Strudwick
Gender: Male
Where born: Marsh, Surrey, England ... I think it is probably supposed to say Midhurst

Civil parish: South Moreton
Ecclesiastical parish: Oxford
County/Island: Berkshire
Registration district: Wallingford

Elizabeth Strudwick 40
Frank Strudwick 14
Charlotte E Strudwick 12
James Strudwick 10
John Strudwick 7
Mary Ann Strudwick 4
William Strudwick 2

just ruling out, this is not your Frank in 1891

Name: Francis E Strudwick
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Hannah M Strudwick
Gender: Male
Where born: Arundel, Sussex, England
Civil parish: Greenwich

because this is that birth

Births Jun 1848
Strudwick Francis Elisha Worthing 7 564


your Frank for the record

Births Dec 1846
Strudwick Frank Midhurst 7 451


and since obviously the possible wives' names from the marriage you refer to are essential for searching ...

Marriages Mar 1874
Bailey Edward Pontypool 11a 191
Cook Grace Pontypool 11a 191
EVANS Ellinor Pontypool 11a 191
Strudwick Frances Pontypool 11a 191

I am trying to find Frank Strudwick (b 1847 in Sussex) after 1861. There is a possibility of a move to Pontypool as I have a marriage for a Frances (spelt the female way, though on the BMD record there are already two females on that entry so we could assume Frances is a man).

There are some births in that area between 1871 and 1881, though I cannot find anything on any census after 1861 and nothing for any spouse or children. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated.

Regards

Rhys