Thomas CARROLL missing from census

[AMBLY]

Hi 

I keep coming back to this one and pondering, each time as new reply is posted - the intrigue is captivating

Fennawright, forgive me if I've missed something along the way, but is it that the 1871 neice, Catherine McCORMICK is your starting point (ancestor)? And therefore you're trying to go back through her mother Mary CARROLL's line?

....I was wondering what became of Mary & her husband Joseph McCORMICK and/or where Catherine was in 1881 etc?

Cheers
AMBLY

[Fennawright]

Hi

I don't think it can be the same one because son John is 14 in 1871 and
so John is old enough to be on the previous census.
He should be age 4 and with his parents in 1861.

Fennawright

[Fennawright]

Hi AMBLY

Yes Catherine is my direct ancestor and her mother Mary too.

However I couldn't get any family with Mary on a census so thought I'd try
Thomas as a starting point instead.

Joseph McCormick married again in Portsea in 1874 and it looks like he and his new wife were the witnesses on Catherine's marriage in 1882.

Fennawright

[groom]

Where did Mary marry, was that in the Portsmouth area? If so it does look as if we are looking for a family from Hampshire.

[AMBLY]

Hi

So Mary was deceased by 1871    - Joseph, a shipwright (1881) and a Carpenter's mate (1871) b abt 1840 Portsmouth is a widower in the 1871 Census (have you got that one)?

Was there a specific address for Mary on the marriage certificate?

Cheers
AMBLY

[Fennawright]

Hi

Yes it does look like they should be from Hampshire, but finding them is a problem!

Mary's address was 4 Portland Terrace on the wedding certificate .

Yes, Joseph McCormick age 40/42 in 1881 , shipwright/shipwright pensr and widower in 1871 age 32.
In 1851 Joseph (again in Orange St) age 10 with parents.
Can't find him in other censuses.

Fennawright