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probs finding charles octavious willson on 1881 census ,any idear,s???

give us some idea of date and place of birth - ? married - ? parents names etc.

presumably have found marriage Willson, Charles Octavius Record Type: Marriages Quarter: September Year: 1900 District: Richmond Sry County: Surrey Volume: 2a Page: 842 .. which doesn't help. Need date and place of birth - or do you have the 1891 census - if so give us the details

He may well be listed as 'Charles Wilson', so we would need birthdate and birthplace to start trying to find the right one, as there must be hundreds of them! Kate.

Hi -------To try and help anyone looking for David's Charles Willson this is him and wife in 1901 mistranscribed - but will give a clue to his age etc - I have had a good look and cant see anything Jan :-)) Caroline G Weller abt 1876 Lambeth, London, England Wife Lambeth London Charles O Weller abt 1875 London, England Head Lambeth London

I think the 1891 census is going to be of more help if David has got it.

Sorry Elaine ~ no he hasnt this is the only one Jan :-))

hi all thanks for helping , so ill let you knowe what i knowe of him ,charles octavius willson born london city c1876. married caroline georgina gabb sept quater 1900 richmond surrey. according to his 85 yr old cousin was educated abroad poss france. came from a wealthy familly ,by age of 26yrs he owned the white horse hotel lambeth ,94 brixton road, in 1902 he move to a big house in hove sussex ,the hotel was still managed for him, he then bought a farm , he also owned , a coal merchants at newhaven sussex , a chain of butcher shops, one of which was in alfriston sussex, a builders merchant called c.o.willson ltd in lewis sussex, a haulage company and had his own ship by which he took trade goods from newhaven to europe and brought back lace and cotton for english mills ect from belgium, he died in hove sussex in 1933, from achol poisoning and left a sizeable probate which was reported in the london times newspaper, so i have alot of his history but cant find his parents, all i knowe of them by family stories is that the gt grandad willson was a millionaire, he married a lady from europe ,that her familly came to britain to build ships, that he had something to do with the gt exhibition at crystal palace, and that when he died most of his wealth went to relatives in canada. one of these relatives was a mounted policeman whos son became a spitfire pilot in royal canadian airforce in ww2 ,but stay in canada as a training instructor ,he had diff surname i belive it was atlee ,hope this info helps and ty for your help cheers dave willson

Dave, That is some story you have there!! Couldn't resist a bit of a look around. Could this be them on 1881? John WILSON, Head, M , Male , 40 , Scotland , Traveller; Isabeller WILSON, Wife, M, Female, 38, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, England Harriott CORLLEN, Mother, W , Female , 56 , Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, England , , Allice W. WILTON , Daur, Female , 10 , London, London, Middlesex, England , Scholar , William WILTON, Son, Male, 8, London, London, Middlesex, England, Scholar , *** Charles WILTON, Son, Male, 6, London, London, Middlesex, England , Scholar , Sydney WILTON , Son, Male , 3 , London, London, Middlesex, England They were living at 122 Liverpool Buildings, London, Middx It's clearly a mistranscription anyway ... because the father/head is actually a 'WILSON' although not with two Ls. What do you think? By the way, have you got his birth certificate yet? The father's name should be on that ... Regs Jane

Could he have been abroad in 1881? You said he was educated in Europe? I was just going to say get his marriage cert because it will give his father's name, but of course, his birth cert would too as mentioned above. Kate.

thanks all for your idears but kate is right of couase ,but what number ect do i need to obtain the cert and how do i go about it? dave

hi ,where,s everyone getting thier 1901 census info from ?cause i paid to look and found nothing out of place ,and his name spelt as i said it was willson , anyway kate ,jan i have now sent off for marrage cert ,like you advised , will let you knowe how i get on cheers for now dave