This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: katherineandco Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.yks.general/14802/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is quite complicated to explain, but I'll give it a go. Here is the link to the 1881 census return for my ancestors: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=uki1881,&rank=1&tips=0&gsfn=jabez&gsln=harrison&gsby=1837&gsb2co=3251,England&gsb2pl=5292,Yorkshire&gsdy=&gsd2co=1,All Countries&gsd2pl=1, &sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4;_80000002;_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21417&o_lid=21417&o_it=21417&offerid=0:7935:0&fh=1&recid=10054971&recoff=1 2 As you can see, the head of the house is Jabez Harrison, living with his wife and his youngest son. They live at 8 Claremont Place. He had two other children called Ada and Fred, who were on the '71 census, but have gone by '81 and do not return by '91. But, i looked on the Electoral Register for 1881 at 8 Claremont Place and the one name written down for that year is... Fred Harrison. Fred is the name written for every subsequent year in the 1880s. This has confused me because he does not show up on the census living at 8 Claremont Place in 1881, and surely it would have been Jabez, as head of house, who was written in the Electoral Register, not his son? Now, i thought that maybe Jabez had died in 1881 before the register was taken, and maybe Fred had moved back home, but i have searched the death index and cannot find a Jabez who died in 1880-1883 in Leeds. So, i guess i am asking why Jabez would not be in the electoral register? He appears 10 years before then, in 1871, but not after. Thanks for any help you can give me, i know it's a bit confusing. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.