On 26 Sep 2010 at 16:48, Mary Newbery wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Thomas was born in the Sept qt 1863, in Stockton on Tees, the son of > William Aubrey and Margaret Morgan. His parents moved to Stockton from > Wales because of the Iron Industry. At the time of his marriage in > 1883 to Ethel Maud Thomas in Sunderland he was the Manager of > Middlesburgh Ironworks. > > He appears on the 1881 census with his family in Stockton on Tees. I > have never found him again after his marriage. Ethel is either at her > parents or visiting a cousin, but where was Thomas?. Ethel was said to > be a concert singer or a concert pianist. She died in London in 1955, > and was described as the widow of a Journalist. Family tradition > suggests Thomas may have become a Journalist on the Financial Times > and developed a drink problem. > > He seems to have kept out of sight as far as I can determine. Ethel > and Thomas were childless but looked after his sister's children > during school holidays. It is likely that Thomas died in London. > > I wonder if anyone could double check for me whether he did indeed > avoid appearing on censuses, and would know how long his Iron Industry > employment lasted and if/when he might have pursued an alternative > career. > Firstly, if you will forgive me pointing out a couple of errors in your above message, the birth of Thomas Morgan Aubrey is recorded at FreeBMD at Stockton in the Sep quarter of 1862 (vol 10a page 33), not 1863; and his marriage to Ethel Maude Thomas was in the Mar quarter of 1893 (not 1883) at Sunderland (10a 719). He is found quite easily in the 1891 census as Thomas Aubrey, clerk, single, a boarder, aged 22, born Middlesbrough, boarding with a widow and her daughter called NEWTON at Sunderland (RG12, piece 4139, folio 50, page 7). In 1901 he is in London - again found quite easily as Thos Aubrey, 39, chartered accountant - though this time his birthplace is given as Sunderland - again living in a boarding house in St Giles in the Fields, Bloomsbury, London (RG13, piece 236, folio 79, page 46). He is described as married but his wife is not with him. Though the birthplace has changed, I feel it very likely that this was him since the age matches. It was very common for birth places (and ages) to vary from one census to another. Haven't yet found him in 1911 but will look again. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE
On 26 Sep 2010 at 19:20, Roy Stockdill wrote: > On 26 Sep 2010 at 16:48, Mary Newbery wrote: > > > Dear Listers, > > > > Thomas was born in the Sept qt 1863, in Stockton on Tees, the son of > > William Aubrey and Margaret Morgan. His parents moved to Stockton > > from Wales because of the Iron Industry. At the time of his marriage > > in 1883 to Ethel Maud Thomas in Sunderland he was the Manager of > > Middlesburgh Ironworks. > > > > He appears on the 1881 census with his family in Stockton on Tees. I > > have never found him again after his marriage. Ethel is either at > > her parents or visiting a cousin, but where was Thomas?. Ethel was > > said to be a concert singer or a concert pianist. She died in London > > in 1955, and was described as the widow of a Journalist. Family > > tradition suggests Thomas may have become a Journalist on the > > Financial Times and developed a drink problem. > > > > He seems to have kept out of sight as far as I can determine. Ethel > > and Thomas were childless but looked after his sister's children > > during school holidays. It is likely that Thomas died in London. > > > > I wonder if anyone could double check for me whether he did indeed > > avoid appearing on censuses, and would know how long his Iron > > Industry employment lasted and if/when he might have pursued an > > alternative career. > > > Firstly, if you will forgive me pointing out a couple of errors in > your above message, the birth of Thomas Morgan Aubrey is recorded at > FreeBMD at Stockton in the Sep quarter of 1862 (vol 10a page 33), not > 1863; and his marriage to Ethel Maude Thomas was in the Mar quarter of > 1893 (not 1883) at Sunderland (10a 719). > > He is found quite easily in the 1891 census as Thomas Aubrey, clerk, > single, a boarder, aged 22, born Middlesbrough, boarding with a widow > and her daughter called NEWTON at Sunderland (RG12, piece 4139, folio > 50, page 7). > > In 1901 he is in London - again found quite easily as Thos Aubrey, 39, > chartered accountant - though this time his birthplace is given as > Sunderland - again living in a boarding house in St Giles in the > Fields, Bloomsbury, London (RG13, piece 236, folio 79, page 46). He is > described as married but his wife is not with him. Though the > birthplace has changed, I feel it very likely that this was him since > the age matches. It was very common for birth places (and ages) to > vary from one census to another. > > Haven't yet found him in 1911 but will look again. > Apologies! In 1891 he was 29, which fits with his birth and also with his age of 39 in 1901. The likelihood is that this was the same man in two successive censuses, even though his given birthplace has changed. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE