I have George Butcher 1835 on the 1871 census in Bury St Edmunds ,Suffolk, with wife and family. I cannot find him on the 1881, Sarah Ann, his wife is there with the children but no sign of George. I have exhausted all my avenues in finding him. They were both born in Suffolk but spent time living in Norfolk too , where my gt grandmother Eliza was born in 1870, she died in childbirth in 1889. Also i am unable to find his marriage to Sarah Ann, her maiden name was Holmes. Please can you help, I would greatly appreciate finding this info on my 2 x gt grandfather.
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Morning Chrissie, hope you are well, as am I, have lost 2 stones in weight since l last saw you and feeling so much better for it. Yes I have him 1891, any sign of his marriage, his first child was born circa 1864/5.
sunny rLast edited by Sunny Rosy; 08-10-17, 10:22.
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you dont think this could be him do you ??? I think it says he was a Drover on that census ? or have I read that wrong ? maybe he lied about his name
Joseph Butcher
Relationship Prisoner
Marital status Single
Gender Male
Age 45
Birth year 1836
Occupation Drover
Birth town Welney
Birth county Norfolk
Birth place England
House name H M Prison
Street Sheep Market
Parish Spalding
County Lincolnshire
Country England
Registration district Spalding
Archive reference RG11
Piece number 3204
Folio 21
Page 22Last edited by Guest; 08-10-17, 11:46.
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If he was a drover, he could easily have been away from home on census night and not been recorded. I have come across census entries "man sleeping in barn/out in the field" etc. I have an ag lab who was shepherd by trade and one census year he was missing completely, another year he was recorded "in the barn." Farming has changed over the decades and I reckon that in his time the lambing season coincided with census.
JayJanet in Yorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
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Originally posted by Sunny Rosy View PostMorning Chrissie, hope you are well, as am I, have lost 2 stones in weight since l last saw you and feeling so much better for it. Yes I have him 1891, any sign of his marriage, his first child was born circa 1864/5.
sunny r
Sorry, I couldn't find a marriage I'm afraid.Chrissie passed away in January 2020.
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