Which of your ancestors have disappeared?

[karenlee]

MarieC

In NZ that early on there were only 2 possible newspapers that would have reported such events, and thanks to a wonderful website called Papers Past I have been able to read just about all of them for the year or so that fits.  Even the Supreme Court records for the trial regarding crazed axewomen and boats were destroyed - just my luck.  There was a newspaper article about it however and I know that the axewoman was much poorer after the event.

Strangely enough the father of Henry HELLYER, who Charles RUFF'S wife ran off with, was found dead in a boat in Auckland and was the subject of an inquest which I have been lucky enough to read.  It is because of his death that Henry ended up in NZ.  It was found that the accident had something to do with too much alcohol and a large tree branch. 

My Mum died about 3 years ago and I did ask her before she left us to try and find some way to point me in the right direction with some hard to find rellies.  Perhaps I should have asked her to give them all a good talking to.  Guess I'll have to do it myself when I eventually get there too.

Karen

[wheeldon]

Mine dissapear in 1881 and return in another county in 1891.  I've posted on the census board just in case it's my eyes and brain going a bit dizzy but no-one has replied 

In my head they had just packed up their troubles and were in transit when the enumerator called 

[gazania]

Here's one black hole:  type in Unknown in the surname box on FreeBmd.  I did it for one year for 1881 and got pages.  Depressing, I know.

Gazania

[MarieC]

Karen

I think your rellies are resisting your mum's attempts to make a link with you.  I'm sure some of these people just don't want to be found!! 

Wheeldon, I often wonder how many people eluded the enumerator, for whatever reason!

Gazania, that IS very depressing!! 

MarieC

[Subaru]

Marie

I wouldn't think there were Irish rellies Robert went to, most of the families go back years in Norfolk, but you never know.

He was maybe placed with a family who changed his name, then decided when he was old enough to go back to his family name

Anyway I won't give up, I hate unsolved mysteries!!

Rosemary

[liverpool lass]

dont give up everyone. remember my dorothy mcloughin? just got the death certificate for the ref karenlee found and its her! thanks again x

[KathMc]

Congrats Liverpool Lass. There's hope for all of us.

Kath

[karenlee]

That is so great liverpool lass.  So pleased that it all worked out, but did it tell you anything that can lead you forward??

Cheers
Karenlee

[Emmeline]

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.