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Disappearing Relatives

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Susan

Susan Report 18 Sep 2010 15:42

Has anyone any suggestions for finding a family that don't seem to have existed during the 1861 census. Have tried all manner of spellings on all of the different members of the family - but nothing. The head of the family died in 1859 and the oldest child would have been 9 yrs old.
Anyone have any ideas where I should look?

Susan of Kent

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 18 Sep 2010 15:48

Could they be in one of the 'missing pieces'?

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/helpadvice/knowledge-base/census/index.jsp#issues

Scroll down to 1861 and they are listed in full.

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Susan

Susan Report 18 Sep 2010 16:00

Thank you Chris, but that site couldn't find them either. I'm just wondering if they slipped the net and didn't do the census that year. Do you know if this would have been possible?
Susan

Susan

Susan Report 18 Sep 2010 16:01

Thank you Maureen, but no as I have them in 1871 still under the same name.
Susan

Susan

Susan Report 18 Sep 2010 16:18

Had another look Chris; it is possible that they are one of the missing pieces, although the actual village is not listed the town next to it is. I think I may give up on this particular search, as I just wanted to check that they were still in the same village.
Many thanks. Susan

Elizabeth2469049

Elizabeth2469049 Report 19 Sep 2010 14:10

They may well turn up somewhere unexpected - only this week I have found some of OH's ancestors - in Blyth, Northumberland censuses in 1871 and 1891. I found them on GR originally, but an Ancestry hint found them in the U.S 1880 census in Cleveland, Ohio - same names & dobs, Irish birth, children same names and ages (only said to be born Cleveland rather than Blyth! He was a miner so obviously went where the work was, but it hadn't occurred to me to search US records.

Researching:
Dominy & Croom in Dorset, Rutherford & McElhatton in Northumberland. Dendy and Thorp