Thomas Hipkiss Jeffery - Missing Death Record.

[P.P.Power]

I am having difficulty finding a death record for my great grandfather Thomas Hipkiss Jeffery, born 11th July 1865, Aston Manor.
In 1885 he married Phoebe Annie Haynes in Birmingham, where they both resided.
The 1891 Census shows them residing in Toxteth Park, Liverpool. However by 1901 they had moved to Warrington and in 1911 Annie is showing as married but Thomas is absent from the family home, still in Warrington.
The 1939 register shows Phoebe as married, and again Thomas is not evident at the family home, still in Warrington.
Annie (widow of Thomas Jeffery) dies at the age of 89 years in January 1949, Warrington.
From this I could conclude that Thomas must have died between September 1939 and January 1949. Unfortunately I have not been able to find any obvious probable record of death for a Thomas H Jeffery during this period in any county. I have tried variations on the forename(s)/surname but still no luck. Can anyone suggest a way forward to hopefully resolve this last piece of the Thomas Hipkiss Jeffery puzzle ? Thanks in advance.

[garstonite]

Baptism: 1 Feb 1888 St Barnabas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
 William Thomas Jeffery - [Child] of Thomas Hipkiss Jeffery & Phobe Anne
     Abode: 2 South Back Chester St.
     Occupation: Plumber
     Baptised by: Richard Postance
     ................................................
Burial: 26 Jan 1949 St Paul, Warrington, Lancashire, England
 Phoebe Jeffery -
     Age: 89 yrs
     Abode: 4 Edgeworth Street
     Buried by: H. E. Cribb
 .............. buried 68 years on Thursday
 

as a plumber - could he have worked away during the 1901 and 1911 census ?
ADDED
Death dec qtr 1908 Thomas Jeffery - West Derby ,Liverpool aged 42
you say he was born 1865 ...could this be him ??
 

[jvy20]

Found a Thomas Jeffrey b 1864 Warwick Birmingham a plumber. 1911 Census

Regret to say that this man is a prisoner in Cheetham Manchester.

RG 14 Piece No 24204

John

[P.P.Power]

Thanks for the replies "Garstonite" & "jvy20". Unfortunately his possible death in 1908 is unlikely as he was retained under His Majestys Pleasure in 1911 (HMP CHeetham) as indicated. .Because his spouse is showing as married in the 1939 register I am assuming that he died after 1939, but before 1949.