William It is possible they may have emigrated to the USA. I had a similar situation with relatives of mine who were in the 1881 census and then disappeared. They then turned up on the 1900 United States census. Apparantly, quite a number of potteries workers made this move - Many ended up in Columbus, Ohio or New York. Hope this helps Kind regards John Jay Seckerson One Name Study www.seckerson.com . ----- Original Message ----- From: "williamjonesjonqms" <williamjonesjonqms@supanet.com> To: <ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 11:38 PM Subject: [Pots] Joshua Hughes/Elizabeth Hancock. > A Joshua Hughes married an Elizabeth Hancock in 1884 in a Civil Marriage at Wolstanton.I strongly believe that this Joshua Hughes was a relative of mine,the problem being that there is no sign of this Couple after this date on any Census. > > Regards > William Russell Jones > Cefn Mawr > Wrexham. > > > ==== ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES Mailing List ==== > The List for the Pottery Towns of the Ancient County of Staffordshire > >