Genealogy Chat

I wonder why a family should be missing on a census??

Margaret

This does happen from time to time, possibly there were away travelling and just got missed! Or hiding from the rent man?? But they might simply be mis-transcribed and you are having trouble finding them.
If you haven't got them on an an existing thread, just put details onto here and we'll have a look. It works best if you paste a census onto here where you do have them.
jan

well the obvious thing is a Mistranscription so you have to use wild cards and think outside the box.

But like many on here I have lots of 'disappearing' ancestors who I have never found despite years of searching and knowing they were alive at the time of the census

Jan is right. My grandfather is missing from the 1911, probably out poaching that night knowing him!

Glad to know someone else has dodgy ancestors too RB!

this is the family i am trying to find on 1891 census have them on the 1901-1911 census and I do Thomas Winter was married on the 1901 census they might Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Reuben WINTER Head M Male 35 Putterham, Surrey, England Groom
Mary Ann WINTER Wife M Female 27 Putterham, Surrey, England Grooms Wife
Ellen WINTER Daur U Female 5 Putterham, Surrey, England Scholar
Thomas WINTER Son U Male 3 Worplesdon, Surrey, England Scholar

Thank you Margaret


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1891

WINTER, Reuben Head Married M 45 1846 Groom
Risenham
Surrey VIEW
WINTER, Mary Ann Wife Married F 36 1855
Thursley
Surrey VIEW
WINTER, Thomas Son Single M 13 1878 Under Gardener
Worplesdon
Surrey VIEW
WINTER, Albert Son M 5 1886
Worplesdon
Surrey VIEW
WINTER, May Daughter F 1 1890
Worplesdon
Surrey VIEW

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Piece:
556 Folio:
43 Page:
16 Registration District:
Guildford

Civil Parish:
Worplesdon Municipal Borough:
Address:
Perry Hill, Worplesdon County:
Surrey

Thank you so much Choccy I really do not know why I could not find
them Did you find the record on ancestry I still can't find it
Margaret

This is the Ancestry entry!! Tip - always try a first name/birth year/location search if people are missing, then look down the list of results for possible mis-transcriptions.

1891 England Census

Name: Reubin Walter
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Walter
Gender: Male
Where born: Ritenham, Surrey, England

Civil parish: Worplesdon
Ecclesiastical parish: Worplesdon St Mary
Town: Worplesdon
County/Island: Surrey

Registration district: Guildford
Sub-registration district: Woking

Reubin Walter 45
Mary Ann Walter 36
Thomas Walter 13
Albert Walter 5
May Walter 1

brummiejan Thank you so much spent a lot of time looking for that is you have Rueben spelt Ruebin and Walter not Winter
thank you Margaret

I often find FMP has a better transcription !

Thanks Choccy
Margaret