Missing relative (found in 1911 census)

[craggus]

Hello everyone.

I am trying to help my uncle solve a family mystery... just wondered if anyone could help, or at least point me in the right direction.

The mystery concerns my uncles grandmother, Charlotte Ann King. We have found her in the 1911 census aged 23, living with her husband William Henry (25) and daughter Jessie (1) in Birmingham. Charlotte was born in Smethwick, West Midlands (her husband born in Bicester, Oxfordshire). We know that in 1915 they had another child (Charlotte Ann King, my uncles mother), and that William Henry died around 1925.

The mystery involves Charlotte Ann King. Family gossip suggests that she went to work one day (possibly around 1935/36) and did not return... nobody seems to know what happened to her, although there was a family rumour of suicide (not confirmed). Did she die? Did she simply walk out on the family and move elsewhere? More importantly, how can I investigate this?!

I have searched the death indexes from 1932 through to about 1940 but I found no Charlotte King with an appropriate age.  What should I try next? Any ideas gratefully received!

Many Thanks

Craig 

[panda40]

Hi Craig
I would recommend a search of the local newspapers for the area she was last living in that you know of. Often unusual happenings or deaths were recorded in these. You could also try a search of the electoral records for the area.
Hope this helps
Regards panda

[weste]

Also besides the possibility she may have been married. Another thing is may be she was institutionalised if the a suicide attempt failed.

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

I found this death of the right age, but why she would be in Norfolk or how you could prove it was 'your' Charlotte I'm not sure

Lottie Annie KING    Mar Q 1975    Great Yarmouth    10  1374
DOB: 20 Sep 1888
Age: 86

Do you know Charlotte's DOB?

Regards,
Daisy

[Pels.]

This might explain the above death, Daisy :

Birth, Dec qtr 1888   
Lottie Annie Browne       
Yarmouth, Vol 4b, page 5

Marriage, Jun qtr 1924
Lottie A Browne
Henry G W King
Yarmouth, Vol 4b, page 28

Kind regards,

Pels.

[avm228]

Hi Craig

I must say I am struggling to find a marriage for the couple, a birth for their second daughter or a death for William Henry about 1925.

Have any of these events been found on FreeBMD?

[panda40]

Possible marriage for William Henry to Charlotte Ann Davis
Worcestershire 1908  registration district Kings Morton  Q4 6c 823
Regards panda

[avm228]

Jessie seems to have stayed in the Birmingham area.

1909 (Sep qtr): Birth of Jessie Evelyn KING, Birmingham.
1931 (Mar qtr): Marriage of Jessie E KING to Cyril J TANSLEY, Birmingham South.
1935-1955: Jessie Evelyn & Cyril Jasper TANSLEY in Birmingham electoral rolls.
1986 (Oct): Death of Jessie Evelyn TANSLEY (DOB 28 Jul 1909), Birmingham.
1996 (Dec): Death of Cyril Jasper TANSLEY (DOB 24 Aug 1906), Solihull South.

[avm228]

Possible marriage for William Henry to Charlotte Ann Davis
Worcestershire 1908  registration district Kings Morton  Q4 6c 823
Regards panda

Good find.

A mother's maiden name of Davis brings up a possible birth (in Birmingham) for the second daughter, but in Sep qtr 1918 rather than 1915.