deleted name on 1911 census

[chempat]

This is from the 1911 census and may be a child born with the mother's maiden name.  The Father died on the Titanic and the claim is the parents never married and the mother's fate was unknown.

Any guesses for first or surname, please.

[JenB]

The surname looks like Instance. The first name might be Will’m?

[Ayashi]

There's a birth for a William INSTANCE 1909 Southampton with corresponding death in 1994- so the surviving child of the three just not at home that night?

(William and Joseph appear to be twins, with a death of a Joseph 1909 in South Stoneham?)

That said, there is a census that could be the above William, living with his father (Mr INSTANCE...), a widower. (Any chance your people didn't marry because she was already married...?)

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OK, the father of the above William was Joe Joseph INSTANCE. Perhaps the William on the census wasn't a child of hers, but they looked after William for his widowed father, accidentally put him down on the census when he was at home that night, and crossed him out?

They were neighbours. The DICKSONs lived at no10, INSTANCE at no13.

[Ayashi]

On an unrelated note, I was flicking through other neighbours and came across this- I think I feel unwell 

[chempat]

Thank-you for that.  She could have been still married to someone else, yes.

If that child does belong to the neighbour I wonder where their surviving child was and why not with them.  Oh, well.

[mckha489]

On an unrelated note, I was flicking through other neighbours and came across this- I think I feel unwell 

Imagine sitting there and counting them up.

[chempat]

Does it read 17 children born and 6 still living - which should make 11 died?

[mckha489]

Does it read 17 children born and 6 still living - which should make 11 died?

That’s why I was imagining the counting… I’ve a family similar. Where they clearly lost count.

[LizzieL]

That said, there is a census that could be the above William, living with his father (Mr INSTANCE...), a widower. (Any chance your people didn't marry because she was already married...?)

The William Instance next door with his father has been added in a different hand. So it does look as if he moved between households, and there was a bit of confusion where he was on census night. Or he was really with Mrs Dickson, but they thought he ought to be listed with his father.