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Can anyone tell me why people might not appear in the 1911 census? I'm looking for Richard Teague (b 1849 d 1924) and his wife Emily (born c 1862 nee Craven) who I expected to be living in Amersham Bucks at the time of the census but I can't find them.

Thank you

Sue

For information only the family in 1901..

TEAGUE, Richard Head Married M 52 1849 Retired Police Constable
Hopesey
Salop VIEW
TEAGUE, Emily Wife Married F 39 1862
Freiston
Lincolnshire VIEW
TEAGUE, George H Son Single M 29 1872 Labourer Royal Arsenal
Paddington
London VIEW
TEAGUE, Florence M Grand Daughter F 5 1896
Carshalton
Surrey VIEW

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RG number:
RG13 Piece:
579 Folio:
100 Page:
27

Registration District:
Epsom Sub District:
Carshalton Enumeration District:
6 Ecclesiastical Parish:
All Saints

Civil Parish:
Carshalton Municipal Borough:
Address:
8, Palmerston Road, Carshalton County:
Surrey

Nicky

Household LEAQUE, Emily 1863 48 F Amersham Buckinghamshire VIEW VIEW
Household LEAQUE, Richard 1849 62 M Amersham Buckinghamshire VIEW VIEW
Household RATCLIFF, Arthur 1882 29 M Amersham Buckinghamshire VIEW VIEW
Household RATCLIFF, Daisy 1886 25 F Amersham Buckinghamshire

or on genes
Leaque Emily 1863 Boston Linc Amersham View View
Leaque Richard 1849 Little Brompton Salop Amersham

1911...

LEAQUE, Richard Head Married M 62 1849 Police Pensioner Little Brompton Salop VIEW
LEAQUE, Emily Wife Married
15 years F 48 1863 Boston Linc VIEW
RATCLIFF, Arthur Boarder Married M 29 1882 Butcher's Assistant Surrey Kingston VIEW
RATCLIFF, Daisy Boarder Married
2 years F 25 1886 Bucks Chalfont St Giles VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
7812 Reference:
RG14PN7812 RD143 SD3 ED10 SN204

Registration District:
Amersham Sub District:
Amersham Enumeration District:
10 Parish:
Esb Missing

Address:
Candlemas Lane Beaconsfield County:
Buckinghamshire

EDIT..have sent a transcription error report for surname to FMP..
Nicky

Susa

to answer your question


people may not appear on the 1911 Census, or on any other census, for several reasons


the most usual one ........ is that you are just not finding them because their name has been mistranscribed from the original OR the enumerator spelt it wrongly in the first place

Another possibility is that an error may have been made so that the name of one household is mistakenly also applied to the next household as well.

Third ..... they might have been away from home, and you are asking for a search of only one place


Fourth, they might genuinely have been missed, OR there might be a part of the census that is missing or has not been transcribed OR pages of the original were damaged


Fifth, they might have changed their name


and finally .... they migth be dead or have emigrated.


One has to get sneaky when searching a census ........ and usually putting in less rather than more information is the answer.



In your case, it appears that a simple mis-transcription was the answer.

How to find them??


well, try putting in ONLY first name, birth year and place


Or try searching on the place, which can be done quite easily on the 1911 census site itself ...... I'm not sure about on findmypast





sylvia

THANK YOU !

Thankyou everyone for your quick replies and helpful advice. I dont know why but I hadnt thought of searching the firstnames and dob!

Sue
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