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Hi

Can anyone help me? I have 'lost' a whole family from the 1901 census and wondered if anyone could help advise me where to look next!

George James Sexton b1848 Coggeshall, Essex.

By 1861 he'd moved along with the rest of his family to Bermondsey, Surrey. In 1870 he married Virginia (also from Bermondsey) and settled down to have children.

I can trace them through the various censuses: 1871 (137 Lynton Road, Bermondsey), 1881 (1 Spa Cottage, Bermondsey) and 1891 (3 Cornbury Road, Deptford). I know that both George and Virginia were living at 61 Cornbury Road at the time of their deaths in 1913. But I cannot find them anywhere in 1901.

I have looked in the whole street (1901 England Census > London > Deptford St Paul > Deptford, North > District 15 / Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 525; Folio: 161; Page: 10.) and have searched the Greenwich and Deptford workhouse but cannot find any trace of them.

The children I know of are:

Virginia E b. 1877, ?Lambeth
Edward H Sexton b. 1878 ?Lambeth
Walter James Sexton, b. 1883 Southwark
Edwenia Sexton, b.1884 Bermondsey
Alice Sexton b. 1888 Bermondsey

and another son I have just found through the WW1 British Army Pension Records (it lists his father as George and his address when he enlists in 1911 as 61 Cornbury Road, Deptford!) ...

Albert Sexton, b. 1894

They had an older son, William, who is living with his new wife in Alice Street, Bermondsey - but unfortunately his parents and siblings aren't with him!

Any advice on where to go now gratefully received!!

Thanks in advance!

This one?

Albert Lefton
Name: Albert Lefton
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation: Son
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Virginia
Gender: Male
Where born: Bermondsey

Civil Parish: Deptford St Paul
Ecclesiastical parish: St Katharine Rotherhithe
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Greenwich
Sub-registration district: Deptford, North
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 224
Household Members:
Name Age
George Cruse 25
Richard Halyard 29
Albert Lefton 5
Alice Lefton 12
Bertha Lefton 3
Edwin A Lefton 16
Edwin H Lefton 22
George Lefton 59
Virginia Lefton 49
Virginia Lefton 24
Walter J Lefton 19

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Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 526; Folio: 22; Page: 35.

1901 England Census - mistranscribed
about Albert Lefton
Name: Albert Lefton
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation: Son
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Virginia
Gender: Male
Where born: Bermondsey

Civil Parish: Deptford St Paul
Ecclesiastical parish: St Katharine Rotherhithe
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Greenwich
Sub-registration district: Deptford, North
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 224
Household Members: Name Age
George Cruse 25
Richard Halyard 29
Albert Lefton 5
Alice Lefton 12
Bertha Lefton 3
Edwin A Lefton 16
Edwin H Lefton 22
George Lefton 59
Virginia Lefton 49
Virginia Lefton 24
Walter J Lefton 19

Snap - address is 68 Reculver Rd.

Bertha is down as grand daughter

Snap Potty!

Wish I could find my missing 1901 family as easily ... grump grump grump

Hi Jill

I have been searching for that all day!!!!

Thank you so-o-o-o-o much! You are brilliant.

Jo

And you Potty.

Can I ask how you both found it so quickly so I don't waste another whole day searching? I don't tick the 'exact matches' box but guess I am missing something - or did you just guess at alternative names?

Thanks again!

A tip for searching Jo, just put in a child's first name, YOB and parents name and look for anything that could have been mistranscribed. I used Albert as he was the most likely still to be with his parents.

Jill, I wish I could find two families in 1871!

I typed Albert in forename box - no surname.

1894 - +/- 1 year

father - George

Bermondsey in keywords box.

Then scrolled down the list lookig for possibles ...

Jill

I don't think 1871 is transcribed brilliantly as I've come across some very odd spellings etc.

Ah, great, thanks. I kind of assumed you need to use a surname. Stupid me!

Thanks so much. A useful tip for the future.

I assume that you have put your 'missing' families on here. I can thoroughly recommend it ;-D