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I need to begin my family search with a known address but only 1911 census is available on this sight. I need census around 1939 to 1952. Any suggestions please.

Welcome to GR, Henri.

1911 is the last British census open to the public as there is a 100 year closure rule.
The closest equivalent for England & Wales is the 1939 Register - compiled as at 29 Sep 1939 - available on Findmypast.

That lists all people born before 1916 & known to have died before 1992 who hadn't already been called up. Those born 1916-1939 are listed, but their names will have been redacted if no matching death registration has yet been found.

Other than that, various electoral roles are available on line. They are mainly on Ancestry. Those listed would have had to be eligible to vote due to their nationality & aged 21 and over.

If you don't wish to take out a subscription to FMP or Ancestry, GR members who do have those subs are happy to help out.

Both sites are usually available for free at U.K. Public Libraries.

I agree with Detective- also searching the newspaper archives using an address can be helpful in finding occupants.

If you are able to share the address we can take a look for you.

Hi, I am looking to check the following person and family. Brewster HALL and anyone living at 3 main road, Hambleton nr Selby. Yorkshire. Any help would be appreciated as family details are scant and rare. Thanks DetEcTive and AustinQ

1939 Register

Hall Household (5 People)
3 Main Road, Hambleton , Selby R.D., Yorkshire (West Riding), England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
Brewster G Hall 14 Dec 1877 Wrcc Lengthman M
Martha Hall 05 Jul 1887 Unpaid Domestic Dutie M
Thomas Hall 05 Oct 1914 Public Works Contracors Labourer (Travelling Skilled) S
Gordon A Hall 24 Jul 1925 Farm Worker S
Leslie B Sewell 08 Apr 1930 At School
Ref: RG101/3808B/007/21 Letter Code: KSGL
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As it's a rural area, you might need to contact the nearest Archive or Library with a local studies section for Electoral Roll entries. If you can't visit in person, they will probably change a look up fee.
No Roll was taken 1939-1945. Only eligible voters 21 & over will be listed.

Much appreciated. There is a name there I do not recognize. Will have to ask my relatives living in the area. Not an easy task as all names on the census are deceased except for the unknown SEWELL. Thanks DetEcTive

Leslie's birth
Births Jun 1930 (>99%)
Sewell Leslie B mmn Tuttle reg Sculcoates 9d 182

No immediate apparent relationship to the Halls e.g. As a grandchild. Unless he was a nephew, he might have been an evacuee.

Unless the record was opened in error, Leslie will be deceased.

First name(s) LESLIE BRIAN
Last name SEWELL
Gender Male
Birth day 8
Birth month 4
Birth year 1930
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1995
District Beverley
District number 5422
Register number 39B
Entry number 207
Date of registration mm/yy 07/95
County Yorkshire
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain, England
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Selby Library has a local studies section & might have copies of later ER
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/selby-library

Leslie B Sewell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Leslie B Sewell
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1961
Registration district: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Spouse: Audrey M Harrison
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 468



Audrey Millicent Sewell
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Audrey Millicent Sewell
Death Age: 63
Birth Date: 1 May 1930
Registration Date: Sep 1993
Registration district: Beverley
Inferred County: Humberside
Register Number: 32B
District and Subdistrict: 5422
Entry Number: 109

Brewster G Hall
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Brewster G Hall
Death Age: 73
Birth Date: abt 1878
Registration Date: Jun 1951
Registration district: Selby
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2c
Page: 661

I'm not sure if you have censuses earlier than 1911 or not, Henri.

In case not, here they are:

Brewster G. Hall
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Brewster G. Hall
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Relationship to Head: Son
Father: George Hall
Mother: Mary A. Hall
Gender: Male
Where born: Wokingh, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Wokingham
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England
Street address: Milton Road
Registration district: Wokingham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1310
Folio: 51
Page Number: 7
Household Members:
Name Age
George Hall 32
Mary A. Hall 34
Ellen M. Hall 7
William E. Hall 5
Brewster G. Hall 3


Brewster G Hall
in the 1891 England Census
Name: Brewster G Hall
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Relationship: Son
Birth Year: 1878
Father: George Hall
Mother: Mary S Hall
Birth Place: Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Wokingham
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Residence Place: Reading, Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Registration district: Wokingham
Sub registration district: Wokingham
ED, Institution or Vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 999
Folio: 42
Household Members:
Name Age
George Hall 48
Mary S Hall 44
Ellen M Hall 17
William E Hall 15
Brewster G Hall 13
Emily A Hall 5




Brewster Hall
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Brewster Hall
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Gillingham
Ecclesiastical parish: Brompton Holy Trinity
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Occupation: Driver, Royal Engineers
Registration district: Medway
Sub-registration district: Gillingham
ED, institution, or vessel: St Mary Barracks
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 738
Folio: 82
Page Number: 25
Household schedule number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Brewster Hall 23


Brewster Hall
in the British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Name: Brewster Hall
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1878
Birth Place: Wokingham, Berkshire
Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1912
Marriage Place: Haddlesey York
Age: 15 years 2 months
Document Year: 1893
Regimental Number: 27007
Regiment Name: Royal Engineers
Form Title: Attestation
Number of Images: 7

Family Members: [ obviously added after his marriage - not when he was 15!]
Name Relation to Soldier
Brewster Hall Self (Head)
Martha Horsfield Spouse [ married 22/01/1912}
Edmund Walter Hall Child [born 23/09/1901 London ]

His first wife was Alice Maud Simpson, married 30/10/1898, died 20/11/1904.

He re-enlisted in the Royal Engineers on 7/10/1914

Various disciplinary entries 1893, 1895, 1896, 1900:

"Leaving stables without permission at 6.15 am"
"Neglect of duty" (Can't make out the rest of that charge)
"Absent from [tattoo ??] till 11.30 pm"
"Creating a disturbance in barracks & using obscene language"
"Being in possession of another man's clothing"
"Overstaying his pass until 6.30 pm"

His re-enlistment in 1914:

Brewster George Hall
in the British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Name: Brewster George Hall
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1878
Birth Place: Wokingham, Berkshire
Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1912
Marriage Place: Haddlesey
Age: 36
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 56063
Regiment Name: Royal Engineers
Form Title: Army Reserve (Special Reservists) Attestation
Number of Images: 6
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
Brewster George Hall Self (Head)
Martha Horsfield Spouse
Phillip George Hall Child
Edmund Walter Hall Child
Victor Brewster Hall Child
Florence Maud Hall Child
Thomas Hall Child


Height: 5ft 6.5ins.
weight: 116 lbs

Tattoos:
Right arm - Lady with 2 flags; Horse's head, shoe & whip; Light Infantry badge: clasped hands & "True Love".
Left arm: - Crossed hands and heart; "Good Luck"; "Hands across the sea";
clasped hands "True till Death"; Scottish Lass [ ?] "All Scotch" [ ? ]


Discharged 19/05/1919

Yorkshire Marriages Transcription
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First name(s) Brewster George
Last name Hall
Age 34
Birth year 1878
Residence St Sampsons Square
Marriage year 1912
Marriage date 22 Jan 1912
Marriage place Chapel Haddlesey
Spouse's first name(s) Martha
Spouse's last name Honsfield
Spouse's age 24
Spouse's residence Temple Hirst
Father's first name(s) George
Father's last name Hall
Spouse's father's first name(s) James
Spouse's father's last name Honsfield
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country England
Archive Borthwick Institute for Archives
Archive reference PR-C-HAD-2
Page 75
Record set Yorkshire Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from England, Great Britain

Transcription © Findmypast

brewster george is a widower

England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription
Print transcription
First name(s) Brewster George
Last name Hall
Name note -
Age 21
Marriage year 1898
Marriage date 30 Oct 1898
Marriage place Newington
Father's first name(s) George
Father's last name Hall
Spouse's first name(s) Alice Maud
Spouse's last name Simpson
Spouse's birth year 1878
Spouse's birth date 1878
Spouse's father's first name(s) William
Spouse's father's last name Simpson
Residence Newington, Surrey, England
County Surrey
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from England, Great Britain

Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Register of Electors 1906


https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89FL-SG7G?i=434&cc=2228170

Leslie's parents and some of his siblings in 1939

Sewell on the 1939 Register

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
Sewell Household (7 People)
7 West Parade , Kingston-upon-Hull C.B., Yorkshire (East Riding), England

Doris A Sewell
DOB 31 Dec 1897
SEX Female
OCCUPATION Unpaid Domestic Duties
MARITAL STATUS Married
SCHEDULE 13
SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 2

Arthur Sewell
DOB 27 Jul 1894
SEX Male
OCCUPATION Horseman Flour Mill
MARITAL STATUS Married
SCHEDULE 13
SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 1

Joyce Prestwood (Priestwood,Sewell)
DOB 28 Sep 1922
SEX Female
OCCUPATION Waitress
MARITAL STATUS Single
SCHEDULE 13
SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 3

Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.

Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.

Eric A Sewell
DOB 11 Apr 1915
SEX Male
OCCUPATION ???
MARITAL STATUS Single
SCHEDULE 13
SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 6

Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.

Ref: RG101/3138F/002/27 Letter Code: JAGQ
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His parents' marriage:

Marriages Sep 1918 (>99%)
Sewell Arthur Tuttle Sculcoates 9d 225
Tuttle Doris A Sewell Sculcoates 9d 225

If his home was in Kingston-upon-Hull which I believe is on the coast, could Leslie have been evacuated to Selby?

In that case, he would be unrelated to the Hall family