GRO indexes on gro.gov.uk !

[louisa maud]

Just my luck he died in 1931, all census point to 1874 except his marriage Nov 1898 which makes his year of birth as 1873, no baptisms found, lots of mothers with same Christian name but they don't show maiden names

1881 birth place Clerkenwell
1891 St Giles
1901 and 1911 London Middlesex

Might have to just put him to one side again for the next 20 years !!

Thank you

LM

[relatedtoturnips]

Just my luck he died in 1931, all census point to 1874 except his marriage Nov 1898 which makes his year of birth as 1873, no baptisms found, lots of mothers with same Christian name but they don't show maiden names

1881 birth place Clerkenwell
1891 St Giles
1901 and 1911 London Middlesex

Might have to just put him to one side again for the next 20 years !!

Thank you

LM

Are you able to find any electoral records for those dates? They may have the surname for your missing person.

Good luck.

[Millmoor]

They might not be recorded under the maiden surname you initially expect - found one where for both it was a second  marriage and their first son was recorded  with the wife's first married name. Then I could not find my grandfather with the expected mother's maiden name of Purvis. His mother was illegitimate and her mother's subsequent married name was Dobson. Found grandfather and younger siblings with mother's  maiden name Dobson and older siblings with mother's maiden name Purvis. It wouldn't be as much fun if it was straightforward!

William

[louisa maud]

He used the surname of his siblings born after him, found everything about him except birth

You are right William it would not be as much fun if it were straightforward, but 20 years I would have thought something would have popped up

Thanks folks

LM

[angelfish58]

Thank you pstainthorp for posting about this. I've just found another child for my 2x great grandparents so I'm well chuffed, especially as she was born in Northumberland rather than Durham like all her siblings.

[candleflame]

Thanks for the link. Still hunting the two children that died that my great grandmother listed on the 1911 census. I've used the surname and mother's maiden name but only the three living children are listed with registered births so back to the drawing board.
Regards panda

I know you've probably done this, but did you try the spelling variations tabs on both fields and not exact only. Also try just putting in the surname and no maiden name and see what comes up. Then you can read through and see if any fit the bill .  I had bother at first with mine who were deaths up to 1911 census too, but I got them in the end- At least on this branch of the tree!

[tillypeg]

Very useful if you find a birth on, say, FreeBMD which has no first name i.e. Male SMITH, Female SMITH then you can use the index to find the maiden name and decide whether this is yours or not.  I had a Stephen and a Theophalus who never appeared together in a census both born about 1847 in Sussex.  The only one I could find was male born S1847 and this now turns out to have the right mother's maiden name. 

[louisa maud]

I am thrilled to bits now as Girl Guide has solved my problem of 20 years or so by finding the child I have been searching for, I am now about to order the cert to complete the family

Huge thanks to girl guide, and to all who offered suggestions

Louisa Maud

[louisa maud]

I have now ordered the said cert, hopefully it will solve a few questions.

I like the idea of how to go about ordering certs now, so much easier than before, well done GRO

Louisa Maud