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London 1901 census - why so many

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LindyLoo2

LindyLoo2 Report 15 Apr 2006 22:55

I have a family living St Marylebone, Bolsover St in 1901 - I have been searching through the census records to see who I can find living nearby and there are lots (I mean lots) of Austrian and German nationals living in this particular road at this time - can anyone tell me why please? Was it just London at that particular time? Did they congregate there because of working in Hotels etc.? I would be most interested to hear your suggestions as I have not found this in any other parts of London I have been researching. Thanks in anticipation

Irene

Irene Report 15 Apr 2006 23:00

People came where the work was. I have ancestors that moved from Devon/Oxford/Ireland to London for work and also had a German gt.gdf that I presume came to England to make a better life for himself. Irene

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 15 Apr 2006 23:41

Lindy I cant answer your question about that specific street, but in general I think that one immigrant would come over, settle somewhere, and then his friends/relatives/neighbours from 'back home' would follow him to the same street or somewhere very near. If you trawl the 1881 census, you will often find pockets of immigrants in every large town or city. People like to stick near to the people they know, just as the indiginent population also moved around in loose family/neighbour groups. Olde Crone

LindyLoo2

LindyLoo2 Report 16 Apr 2006 00:01

This is interesting history - I was told by someone (quite elderly now) that a lot of jews came over from Germany/Austria etc. before WW1, but this is quite a while before then. What happened to them when the war started - where they interned by the British? Were they segregated at all?? I wish I had stuck more into History at school now!

LindyLoo2

LindyLoo2 Report 16 Apr 2006 08:31

This is very interesting stuff - the family I am interested in are called Aumayr in 1901 - there is only one family called this in the 1901 census living in Bolsover St (says he is Austrian subject). I have the birth certificate for the daughter Elsie and it says her father is Joseph Aumayr, (mother's maiden name is Hansford) but I can find no marriage for Aumayr, and I know from Elsie's marriage cert in 1922 that her father is named as Joseph William Hansford and she was also down as Hansford by then - perhaps Joseph took his wife's name around WW1 time? Its not just German citizens in that area, there are Italian, French and Beligian's also, and I just wondered why so many would be in that particular area at that particular time?