1911 census married 7 years ???

[Guest]

if a lady who has a son aged 3 on the 1911 census and states she is a Widow and been married 7 years would you say her Husband must have been alive until at least 1907 ??? am trying to find his death am I looking at the right time scale??

[Olde Crone Holden]

Val

Remember that no one ever checked census information to ensure that it was true - she could have put down anything.

OC

[Guest]

yes I know your right OC but was sort of hoping this bit was true ???????????? thanks for replying

[Richard in Perth]

The kid might not necessarily be by her husband, of course!

[hughar]

The 1911 census was taken on 2 April 1911.

In the extreme case, if the son was just one day short of 4 years old at the time of the census, he would have been born on 3 April 1907. Then allowing for the normal 9 month gestation period, his Father could have died any time after early July 1906. So you do need to look back to 1906 for the Father's death.

[Guest]

thanks Hugh I will have another look, and Richard thanks too I did wonder if she had actually married at all ?

[hughar]

I did wonder if she had actually married at all ?

Is the father named on the Son's birth certificate, and have you found the parents' marriage? Also since the mother said in 1911 that she had been married for 7 years, you should be able to find her in the 1901 census. Have you looked?

[Guest]

Thanks I have her single in 1901 them a widow in 1911 cannot find a marriage for her or a birth for the son only found the husbands name on her death cert.