Which of your ancestors have disappeared?

[MarieC]

I wonder if anyone could help me find a shipping website for people to Australia as it lists place of origin in England if stated. I went on it once but cannot remember the site and have tried on Google.

I have a William taylor who was in Canewdon in Essex in 1871 and 1885. He is nowhere to be seen in 1881 anywhere. Yet he is back in Canewdon in 1885 as he is on the electoral registers. I wonder if he emigrated temporarily.

coombs,

The UK outgoing passenger records only begin in 1890 so too late for your man.  Ancestry, I think, has a whole lot of shipping lists which may help if you can access Ancestry.  Otherwise, look on the Australian Resources board on this site - lots of useful resources listed.  But that will only help you if your man came to Australia.  He could have gone to the US, Canada - anywhere, really!  I have an ancestor who left England for Hong Kong and then Taiwan, and if I didn't know that, I never would have found him on shipping lists!

MarieC

[coombs]

I have 2 known direct rellies who spent time in the US. Thomas Musgrave who went there in 1886 and died there in about 1906 and his grandad who was in the army in America from 1775 to 1782. Thomas was the one who appeared to vanish until I found he emigrated.

[wilcoxon]

If anyone want to have a go at this, please feel free.
I have searched for years and have never found Arthur Wilcoxon.
He seems to have just dissapeared,  the dates have  narrowed it down but it still doesn`t help.

1851 HO107; Piece: 2171; Folio: 77; Page: 4;
At Private school.
Arthur Wilcoxon 12 born Cheshire

1861 Class: RG9; Piece: 2628; Folio: 136; Page: 35
Arthur age 24 with parents Thomas and Elizabeth.
Father and son are grocers and chandlers.

1871 RG10; Piece: 3726; Folio: 23; Page: 3;
Arthur is a publican at the Vaults , Bridge St Chester.
His wife is Mary born Scotland .

The 1872, 1873, and 1875 Electoral Registers still show Arthur as living in Bridge Street with a public house in Bridge Street, but by 1877 he has moved out and is registered as being a householder at 9 Paradise Row, Chester, this is the last record found of Arthur.
Where did he go.

In 1881 Mary appears as Mary Wilcox at Rhianva, Russell Road, Rhyl. She is a widow aged 37 and employed as a housekeeper.

By 1891 Mary had moved on to Scampston Hall, Malton, where she was the  housekeeper,  a widow  aged 45

In 1901 we find  Mary Wilcoxon, widow, aged 54, born Scotland living at The Deanery, St Mary Magdalene, Lincoln

[treehunter]

I have a marriage and death for a Edward Charles Guy Pearce

Said he was born 5th Nov 1915(yes it is 1915) Told his son was born in Swindon, Then on army records its got Fulham,London
 Married 1947 to Irene Dixon Edmondton Middlesex
 He died Dec 1965. Hackney,London

On marrieage said his dad was a William Maurice Pearce who was dec.And down as a surgeon.(i have looked on list for surgeon not on it)
Cant trace them back anywhere. Cannot find any thing on William at all.

Thats just one of mine i cant find.

Hazel

[Windsor87]

I can't find a death for my great great great grandfather, James Ross.

He was born at St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire on 7 Sep 1864.

I've found him living in Peterhead on the newly released 1911 Scottish Census. According to the marriage record of one of his children, he was dead by 1920.

His widow died down in Glasgow in 1929.

I do take some comfort in the fact that nobody else seems to know when he died either.

Windsor87

[aghadowey]

Don't assume he's dead just because child's marriage record says so. I know of a case where father was listed as deceased but had deserted the family and died almost 30 years after that marriage (wife's obituary also listed him as deceased but he was still alive).

[infinity]

These are a couple of my brickwalls !

In 1842 Zachariah Tricker married his  third wife - Sarah Hemming - St. Mary, Lambeth.
In 1844 baby William Zachariah was born.

In the 1851 census Zachariah has a new ' wife ' - Susan.
They are together in the 1861 and 1871 census but in the 1881 Zachariah is a widower.

Can find nothing further on either Sarah or William - not even a death.  Same with Susan - no death............

Guess I'll just have to keep on keeping on. Any suggestions most welcome.

P.S.  All of these events took place in the Southwark area.

Seems we have a convergence on our tree - my grandmother was a Tricker descended from Zachariah - I'm new so can't private message yet 

[jaybelnz]

You only need to post two more and that will activate your PMs.  A couple of smileys will do it! 

[infinity]

Yeah but that's cheating!  - ooo, one more to go!