When someone can't be found in a Census ?

[sallysmum]

Are you looking on something like A******y?  I have one example of area I wanted to look at hadn't been entered into the data base.  It was only when I went to the local records office and accessed the census on microfilm that I found my missing area (something like 6 pages).  This also gave me valuable information such as place of birth for one rellie, which allowed me to dismiss a possible ancestor.

sallysmum

[bclc71]

I am looking via the 1911 Census Ireland website and uk census via Ancestry. I live in Brisbane so can't really check the original records myself.

If I don't find them its really not an enormous issue as I have found lots of information from before and after this time  - just missing a few years where I am not sure where they were - and it is possible that these few years could be quite revealing.

think I may have to settle for this being an unknown.....

[rachelralph]

FindMyPast you can search by known address.

[aghadowey]

For reference here's the Luscombe family in 1901 Irish census- Lucy given as age 25 born Dublin city:
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Rotunda/Hardwicke_Street/1331026

[Redroger]

In the 1911 census my father's surname had been completely scrambled, however, as I knew his place, date of birth, and Christian names I was able to find him by using asterisks and other punctuation marks as a wild card search. Do you have any information to allow you to do this? Applies to UK census only so far as I am aware.

[aghadowey]

You can search the 1911 Irish census with only one bit of information (first name, etc.). I tried to find Lucy and Edward that way earlier without any luck.

[obrient]

Hi there,

I know that this thread is quite old but hopefully you're still monitoring for replies.  If you are interested in any information on Thomas Guilfoyle, please let me know.

I'm very interested in Lucy Lane/Luscombe/Guilfoyle as her husband Thomas, and their daughter Lucy are ancestors in a family tree I'm preparing.

Thomas Guilfoyle is the great-granduncle of my client.

I believe the "May" reference in Lucy Guilfoyle's 1914 birth is a clerical error (Lane - misheard). From the Irish marriage records I've reviewed, only Lucy's most recent surname would be recorded and that was "Luscombe" in her marriage to Thomas Guilfoyle, so I don't believe there was a marriage between that to John Luscombe and her later marriage to Thomas Guilfoyle.

Like you, I've been unable to find Lucy or her son Edward in the 1911 census in either Ireland or the UK. It is possible that she was in a workhouse and is only recorded by her initials.

Thank you for the extra information you provided about what befell Lucy Lane Guilfoyle and at least some of her descendants.  It has given me some new lines of research.

Best wishes

Tara

I am looking via the 1911 Census Ireland website and uk census via Ancestry. I live in Brisbane so can't really check the original records myself.

If I don't find them its really not an enormous issue as I have found lots of information from before and after this time  - just missing a few years where I am not sure where they were - and it is possible that these few years could be quite revealing.

think I may have to settle for this being an unknown.....

[bclc71]

I love that breadcrumbs of stories from 7 years are still out there pointing back to me:)  lve sent a message response to you so looking forwards to seeing what info on the Guilfoyle you might have to share. 
Kind regards Barbara

[sarah]

I have just sent you a pm obrient

Regards

Sarah