Hi Neil, Is it possible that he changed his name to James as there is a James Grantham aged 20 from Claydon Oxfordshire with a brother Henry aged 9 from Banbury Oxfordshire. James is a master of a canal boat. Regards Mick Hello ListI've been looking in vain for my Grandfather on the 1911 Census, and thought I'd address the list to see if anyone who's 'expert' at obscure searches can come up with some new ideas for finding him. I've tried searching just on his forename and year of birth with oxfordshire as place of birth, all Granthams born in that year, Wildcard surname (Gr*nth*m) and also soundex on both fore and surname etc. He wasJob Grantham, and he was born in 1891 (6th Feb to be exact) at Mill Street, Banbury.He is with his parents in 1901 in Mill Lane, Banbury, but not 1911 - she is widowed living with one son. Thanks for any thoughts on approaching this in a different way.

No he didn't change his name, or have a younger brother Henry, though the Grantham's (including another brother and his father) did work the Canals James (as you mention) would be related to Job though! Neil Sent from my iPhone On 12 Sep 2012, at 23:14, michaelcoomber@aol.com wrote: > Hi Neil, > Is it possible that he changed his name to James as there is a James Grantham aged 20 from Claydon Oxfordshire with a brother Henry aged 9 from Banbury Oxfordshire. > James is a master of a canal boat. > Regards > Mick > > > > > > Hello ListI've been looking in vain for my Grandfather on the 1911 Census, and thought I'd address the list to see if anyone who's 'expert' at obscure searches can come up with some new ideas for finding him. I've tried searching just on his forename and year of birth with oxfordshire as place of birth, all Granthams born in that year, Wildcard surname (Gr*nth*m) and also soundex on both fore and surname etc. He wasJob Grantham, and he was born in 1891 (6th Feb to be exact) at Mill Street, Banbury.He is with his parents in 1901 in Mill Lane, Banbury, but not 1911 - she is widowed living with one son. Thanks for any thoughts on approaching this in a different way.