Hello List I'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 was Job 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.   Neil

Neil For No 9 Factory Street in 1911.If you look at The Schedule - On the cover of the form - filled in by the enumerator it states "Name of Head of Family or Separate Occupier - Mr J G Grantham" Regards Lesley -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neil Grantham Sent: 11 September 2012 22:34 To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] 1911 Census help - fresh ideas needed! Hello List I'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 was Job 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.   Neil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS Open Day - 6 October at Woodstock. See www.ofhs.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As a start - try to eliminate all you can. Surname for sure, but Job could be misinterpreted as Joel, Jos Jas and John just off the top of my head. I would ditch Oxfordshire as place of birth too. Have you tried eg Banbury - or just nothing? You will have to look about for him for sure - it will not be easy. There are 8 pages on fmp when I looked - Job, no surname - born 1891 -plus or minus two years, and there is a Job Granter whin Hampshire which you might want to check - born 1893 though I would not be concerned by a difference of one or two years in age. These things vary and.. it would not prevent me looking him up, that is. Consider also he is using his Mum's maiden name - or, did Mum remarry a bit later? and if so, check that surname too. Check neighbours and the old region of Banbury house by house too. And boats etc, army, whatever. Have you looked for marriages for him - he is old enough - and or emigration? Dawn (Melbourne Australia where it is cold and today raining heavily on and off) -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neil Grantham Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 7:34 AM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] 1911 Census help - fresh ideas needed! Hello List I'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 was Job 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.   Neil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS Open Day - 6 October at Woodstock. See www.ofhs.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7471 (20120912) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7472 (20120912) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Thanks Dawn As far as I know, he didn't marry before my grandma in 1915, and didn't change his surname. As I mentioned, his mother is listed in 1911 (with the Grantham Surname) living with Job's older brother Edward. They are at 9 Factory Street, Banbury. Neil  ________________________________ From: Dawn Webb <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> To: 'Neil Grantham' <neil40@btinternet.com>; oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012, 4:12 Subject: RE: [OXF] 1911 Census help - fresh ideas needed! As a start - try to eliminate all you can.  Surname for sure, but Job could be misinterpreted as Joel, Jos Jas and John just off the top of my head.  I would ditch Oxfordshire as place of birth too.  Have you tried eg Banbury - or just nothing?  You will have to look about for him for sure - it will not be easy. There are 8 pages on fmp when I looked - Job, no surname - born 1891 -plus or minus two years, and there is a Job Granter whin Hampshire which you might want to check - born 1893 though I would not be concerned by a difference of one or two years in age.  These things vary and..  it would not prevent me looking him up, that is. Consider also he is using his Mum's maiden name - or, did Mum remarry a bit later? and if so, check that surname too.  Check neighbours and the old region of Banbury house by house too. And boats etc, army, whatever. Have you looked for marriages for him - he is old enough - and or emigration? Dawn (Melbourne Australia where it is cold and today raining heavily on and off) -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neil Grantham Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 7:34 AM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] 1911 Census help - fresh ideas needed! Hello List I'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 was Job 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.   Neil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS Open Day - 6 October at Woodstock. See http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7471 (20120912) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com/ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7472 (20120912) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com/