Silly Ancestry question

[Phoenix]

I'm looking for a baby in 1881. Walter Grant Pattison, born Lambeth March 1881.

When I try to search - even for Smiths in London - looking for children with 1881 birth dates yields zero results. Is there something I'm missing?

(Alternatively, could someone have a look at 1891, and tell me who his parents are, please?)

[Uncle John]

I didn't have any problem with Ancestry FreeBMD.

Walter Grant Pattison, q1 1881 Lambeth vol 1d page 527.

[samesizedfeet]

do you mean the birth undexes?

Walter Grant Pattison
1881 Mar Lambeth 1d 527

[samesizedfeet]

according to 1891 his parents are Andrew and Catherine C

will just transcribe for you - give me two mins

[Uncle John]

And he's on the 1881 census;

RG11 625 67 27

2 parents and 3 older siblings

at 17 stansfield Road Lambeth

[Phoenix]

Thanks Zoe and UJ!

But I feel as if I'm going nutty. I found Walter in 1881 on the Family Search site, but I cannot find him in the census in 1881 on Ancestry. And I can't see how to search for babies.

[samesizedfeet]

19 Arlington Crescent Hackney


Andrew Pattison 48 Export Agent b: Scotland
Catherine C Pattison 38 b; Pimlico middx
Andrew F Pattison 18 b: Camden Town
Jane C Pattison 16 B: Surbiton Surrey
Alexander J D Pattison 14 B: Surbiton Surrey
Lawrence D Pattison 11 b: Brixton Surrey
Walter G Pattison 10 b: Brixton Surrey
Robert K Pattison 9 b: Bromley Kent
Henry B Pattison 7 b: Bromley Kent
Thomas G Pattison 5 b: Essex
Jessie M A Pattison 2 b: Hackney


(Crown Copyright from the National Archives)

[samesizedfeet]

aaah - with you now.

You have to do 1881 +/- 1 year I think

[samesizedfeet]

1881 ref - RG11; Piece: 625; Folio: 67; Page: 27


the age for Walter is blank. I wonder if that's a new glitch for ages that are recorded as days/weeks/months

[Phoenix]

Aargh!

It looks as if you have to ignore age to pick up babies.

[Uncle John]

Here's the family off the image in 1881 (ref. as above)

27 Stansfield Road Brixton

Andrew 38 Export agent Scotland
Catherine c 27 Pimlico
Andrew F 8 Camden Town
Jane C 6 Surbiton
Alexander J 4 Surbiton
Laurence 1 Brixton
Walter G 4mth Brixton
and Harriet Radley 14 (servant)

As Zoe says, Walter's age was not transcribed at all.

[samesizedfeet]

parents are Andrew Pattison and Catherine Charlotte Murphy

Mar 1872
St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 480
Murphy Catherine Charlotte
Pattison Andrew

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

It's not a new glitch, it's probably because the 1881 info was taken from Family Search and added to Ancestry rather than Ancestry doing their own version .........I think children recorded in months etc have not had their age accepted by the program on Ancestry. It's only the 1881 census that's like this, but has always had this glitch since Ancestry got the 1881 records.

[Phoenix]

Thank you, Merry. That makes perfect sense. And thank you Zoe & UJ for the extra info.

I am trying to do some research for a cousin and looking to see whether Emily Pattisson, born 1881 was a relative or a family friend. My aunt has a wonderful photo of Emily's sister Sybil's wedding in 1905 - at least that's who we think it is - but can't understand why such photos would be handed down unless Emily was family. Grant is a family name, so I had high hopes, but I think Walter is a red herring, alas.