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1911 Census...Henry James Collings....

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Mistycat

Mistycat Report 2 Feb 2013 00:46

Please can anyone see this man and family in 1911...born Southampton, I just cannot spot him at all...

Wife..Mary Jane (nee Cheshire) married 1910...no idea where born

Son...Henry William James Collings...birth 2.1.1910..Southampton

No marriage cert but Henry died 1912, Mary J remarried 1913

Have everything except 1911 census and Mary's birth place....

Misty x

Flip

Flip Report 2 Feb 2013 03:36

Could this be them?

Mary Collins
[Mary Cheshire]
Age in 1911: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Civil parish: St Mary
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address: 8 Cable Street
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 1
Estimated Marriage Year: 1910
Occupation: Cashier
Registration district: Southampton
Registration District Number: 99
Sub-registration district: Southampton Eastern
ED, institution, or vessel: 32
Household schedule number: 50
Piece: 5966
Household Members: Name Age
William Cheshire 59
Mary Cheshire 59
Elizabeth Harris 19 << looks more like 29 on image
Ernest Harris 24
Mary Collins 23 <<<<<<
Hary Collins 24 <<<<<<<<<
Gwendoline Harris 1
Mary Collins 9/12 <<<this is a male child, think the name is Henry
Rose Cheshire 20

Flip

Flip Report 2 Feb 2013 03:45

I think your birth date for the child may be out?

Births Sep 1910 (>99%)
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COLLINGS Henry W J Southampton 2c 19

Flip

Flip Report 2 Feb 2013 03:53

Henry William J Collings
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1910
Date of Registration: Dec 1988
Age at Death: 78
Registration district: Southampton
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 20
Page: 1476

Flip

Flip Report 2 Feb 2013 04:48

Mary in 1901 is a patient, it is a children's hospital:

Mary Cheshire
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Gender: Female
Where born: Soton

Civil parish: Shirley
Ecclesiastical parish: Shirley St James
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: South Stoneham
Sub-registration district: Millbrook
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 13
Piece: 1073
Folio: 6
Page Number: 3

On the 1911 census her father William was a mariner, which could by why he is not with the family in 1901:

Mary Chesher
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relation: Wife
Gender: Female
Where born: Dorchester, Dorset, England

Civil parish: Shirley
Ecclesiastical parish: Shirley St James
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: South Stoneham
Sub-registration district: Millbrook
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 55
Piece: 1072
Folio: 79
Page Number: 9
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Chesher 48
Albert Chesher 19
Elizabeth Chesher 16
Charles Chesher 14
Rose Chesher 9

Flip

Flip Report 2 Feb 2013 04:57

This transcript is all wrong for 1891 - they are 2 different households:

Mary Cheshire
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relation: Mother <<should be wife
Gender: Female
Where born: Suvan Abbas, Dorset, England

Civil parish: St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Southampton
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Southampton
Sub-registration district: Southampton
ED, institution, or vessel: 37
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 918
Folio: 128
Page Number: 37
Household Members: Name Age
Frank Cousins 37 These are a different household, not connected
Matilda Cousins 35
William Cousins 15
Maria Cousins 11
Lilian Cousins 1

William Cheshire 38 - Seaman
Mary Cheshire 38 wife
Albert Cousins 10 The children should be Cheshire, not Cousins
Elizth Cousins 7
Chas Cousins 5
Mary Cousins 2

Mistycat

Mistycat Report 2 Feb 2013 17:49

Apologies Flip, I have had no internet all day....

Thank you so much for info on Henry and Mary...looks like the correct family so I can now move forward (or backward) with them...I spent hours yesterday looking for that 1911 census :-S

No idea how I manager to get birth info wrong for Henry, sorry...I had the blooming birth cert right next to me :-0

Thanks once again Flip...

Misty x

Flip

Flip Report 2 Feb 2013 21:01

No problem Misty - you're welcome! :-D