Hi Tazzie. I had already found the entry for Edward in 1891 and, many years ago when I first started researching my granddad(don't we all leave things too late?) I found him in my home village on electoral rolls for 1911 to 1913 where he used the name Edward Lawton Murray or Murray Lawton, it was not very clear on the document. Of course finding his aunt and uncle sort of confrmed he was the right one. In the 1991 census he just used the name Murray but the name of his wife was different, perhaps a mistake by the enumerator. In the 1901 census there was an Edward Lawton, born in Wolverhampton in 1881, living in my home village but I cannot be sure it was him. The only family I can find that comes anywhere close is Charles Murray who was an umbrella maker in Birmingham.
Both my granddads have difficult pasts but Edward id the most puzzling. Many thanks for you input.
Mike
