Genealogy Chat

Anyone know if this is missed off 1881 census? I've tried googling without luck. nell

I can see the images What do you need? Jim

Here's a sample name to get you there View Record Sarah Arnold abt 1807 Sidlesham, Sussex, England Pauper Inmate 'Camberwell Workhouse' Havil Street, Camberwell, London, England Jim

Thanks for that Jim. I'm looking for William Matthews - possibly recorded Mathews, born Warwickshire Whichford 1834. He was a dairyman, but he is no where to be found. I know he was in the workhouse in 1901 and thought he might be there in 1881 - clutching at straws! nell

Sorry for delay - chaotic weekend I can't spot him in 1881 at all. I checked the workhouse pages and could not see him there Jim

Here he is in 1891. Down as a cowman and single. He is lodging with a family called Brown: Matthews, William abt 1834 Wickford, Warwickshire, England Head Camberwell London Merry

Can't see him yet in 1881, but as he's in Camberwell in 1871 (and Married!) I would have expected him to be there in 1881 too.......still looking........ Merry

Merry Thank you for looking.. I've got the blessed man in every census from 1841-1901 EXCEPT 1881. As you say, since he's in camberwell 10 years before and 10 years afterwards, that's where he should be in 1881... I know his wife died the year before the census, so its possible that his domestic circumstances changed and he moved somewhere else, but where???!!!! I've also tried Matthews/Mathews and all Williams born around 1831 in Warwickshire! nell

I think single people were much more likely to be missed off then families. If he was a lodger somewhere they might have forgotten him, and in a busy place.........frustrating though.....keep going back to have another look! Merry

Merry That's cheered me up no end! Mind you if I found him in 1881 I don't suppose it will tell me much more - I know when and where he was born and what he did for a living and that his wife was dead! nell