On Free BMD I saw an entry of a death for Henry Page - Ely 3b 588 in December 1913, though the age is given as 69 (sometimes these can be out) Perhaps you will have checked that already? Peter Jarman -----Original Message----- From: eng-cambridgeshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-cambridgeshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Simon Sent: 24 November 2009 21:58 To: eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-CAMS] The elusive Henry PAGE I wonder if anyone has come across my great-great-grandfather, whom I appear to have somewhat carelessly misplaced. Henry Page was born in the High Street, Great Shelford on the outskirts of Cambridge in 1851. He married Alice Wiseman in Ely in the third quarter of 1873, and they are recorded together on the 1881 census living with five children in Annesdale, Ely, one of whom was Arthur, my great-grandfather. By 1891 they had moved around the corner to Broad Street, and had seven children at home. By the time of the 1901 census, Henry has gone. Alice is described as 'Married' rather than as 'Widow', and her relationship to the head of the household is described as 'Wife' rather than as 'Head'. This suggests that Henry is still alive but living elsewhere. But I cannot find Henry, and he does not appear to be recorded elsewhere on the 1901 census. The last Page child, Helen, was born in 1900. There are three Page children born after Henry's last appearance on a census in 1891 - although, of course, these children may not be Henry's! There is an interesting and possibly significant five year gap between the last two children. Henry is also not to be found on the 1911 census, but things are complicated further because Alice is also no longer at home. She is in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge dying of stomach cancer. She answers '35 years' to the required question on the 1911 census about how long she has been married (it was actually 38 years since the marriage date), and states that she has had 13 children, one of whom has died. Alice herself died in 1912. The death was notified by her eldest son, Henry. Intriguingly, her condition is not described as 'Widow' but as 'Wife of Henry Page, General Labourer', suggesting that Henry was still alive - or, at least, that the family believed him to be so. There are, of course, many possibilities, but I am open to suggestions. Two of Henry and Alice's sons died in WWI, one at Ypres, another, my great-grandfather, on the Somme. She died before she knew about this. I wonder if he did too? Simon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.76/2519 - Release Date: 11/22/09 07:38:00