Any advice out there regarding my ggrandmother. The last documentation I have for her is in the 1901 census (housekeeper in Berkshire) I can't find her in the 1911 census or any marriage or death records - my grandmother didn't know her as she was brought up by her mother's sister. She had 2 illegitimate daughters one born 1888 and my grandmother born 1890. Name is Bessie Sturgess born Bulford 1865. I would appreciate any advice as to where I should search! Thanks, Di Moulden Auckland New Zealand

Dianne Moulden wrote: > Any advice out there regarding my ggrandmother. The last documentation I have for her is in the 1901 census (housekeeper in Berkshire) > > I can't find her in the 1911 census or any marriage or death records - my grandmother didn't know her as she was brought up by her mother's sister. > > She had 2 illegitimate daughters one born 1888 and my grandmother born 1890. > > Name is Bessie Sturgess born Bulford 1865. I would appreciate any advice as to where I should search! It's possible her name's been mangled in transcription. You can do wild card searches on FMP's 1911-census site but not on FMP's (AFAIK). You could try looking for her by her given name and year of birth without a surname or place/county of birth to see if a fairly obvious mangled surname jumps out at you. A similar process for finding her death would work on either FreeBMD or Ancestry. Since Bessie is one of the many alternatives for Elizabeth, try looking for her as that. An employer or informant may have decided Bessie was a pet name and should be Elizabeth, rather than it being her actual registered given name. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

Yes, I think this happens quite often, even on censuses. My grandmother was Anna Sarah Maria, known by her brothers as Cissie. And that is how she appears in some of the census returns. David On 12 November 2010 10:00, Charani <charani.b@gmail.com> wrote: > Dianne Moulden wrote: > > Any advice out there regarding my ggrandmother. The last documentation I > have for her is in the 1901 census (housekeeper in Berkshire) > > > > I can't find her in the 1911 census or any marriage or death records - my > grandmother didn't know her as she was brought up by her mother's sister. > > > > She had 2 illegitimate daughters one born 1888 and my grandmother born > 1890. > > > > Name is Bessie Sturgess born Bulford 1865. I would appreciate any advice > as to where I should search! > > It's possible her name's been mangled in transcription. You can do > wild card searches on FMP's 1911-census site but not on FMP's (AFAIK). > > You could try looking for her by her given name and year of birth > without a surname or place/county of birth to see if a fairly obvious > mangled surname jumps out at you. > > A similar process for finding her death would work on either FreeBMD > or Ancestry. > > Since Bessie is one of the many alternatives for Elizabeth, try > looking for her as that. An employer or informant may have decided > Bessie was a pet name and should be Elizabeth, rather than it being > her actual registered given name. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Many thanks for your quick reply Charani much appreciated- I'll try and work on it! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <charani.b@gmail.com> Regards Di Moulden To: <eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] 1911 CENSUS > Dianne Moulden wrote: >> Any advice out there regarding my ggrandmother. The last documentation I >> have for her is in the 1901 census (housekeeper in Berkshire) >> >> I can't find her in the 1911 census or any marriage or death records - my >> grandmother didn't know her as she was brought up by her mother's sister. >> >> She had 2 illegitimate daughters one born 1888 and my grandmother born >> 1890. >> >> Name is Bessie Sturgess born Bulford 1865. I would appreciate any advice >> as to where I should search! > > It's possible her name's been mangled in transcription. You can do > wild card searches on FMP's 1911-census site but not on FMP's (AFAIK). > > You could try looking for her by her given name and year of birth > without a surname or place/county of birth to see if a fairly obvious > mangled surname jumps out at you. > > A similar process for finding her death would work on either FreeBMD > or Ancestry. > > Since Bessie is one of the many alternatives for Elizabeth, try > looking for her as that. An employer or informant may have decided > Bessie was a pet name and should be Elizabeth, rather than it being > her actual registered given name. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message