Who When Where

Looks like wife Elizabeth ("Lizzie") and sons William and Arthur are residing at Oving Road in Westhampnett in the 1891 census. Same street name for the Rogers family in the 1901 and 1911 census reports. In 1881, Elizabeth (age 22) is with son William George at 1, Rhine Villas, Oving. Her ...

There is a William Elias Rogers, born 5 Dec 1855 in Eastbourne or Easebourne (Midhurst) -- see TNA record below. There are several Naval records for him on Ancestry. He could be the William E Rogers who died in 1917 (age 62) in the Chichester district. I just haven't found a suitable birth record fo...

If memory serves, it was a 1911 census entry for Brixton Prison which contained the "refused to give name" remark. The census page/sheet recorded everyone else's name, occupation, birth place -- except for said prisoner. Like you, Adrian, I'd imagine the prison admin staff would've provide...

Also interesting is this 1861 census entry in Manchester: Old Woman (between 50-60) A Young Man (about 20) A Youth (about 17) A Youth (about 14) Enumerator comments for this family: "No further information could be obtained, except that they slept in this cottage on Sunday night, April 7. The c...

George and Dorothy had another son: Desmond G Crane (1916-1917 Lambeth district).
There is a 1919 death registration for a George H Crane (age 37) in Camberwell.

Suffragettes mischievously boycotted the 1911 census, due to the fact women were still unenfranchised. Whereas the various "Refused to Give Name" entries I referred to (on census reports and the 1939 Register) suggest shady people who had something to hide, or were simply too obstinate for...

Recently I was searching a London census record and noted that one resident was recorded as "Refuses To Give Name". Hmm...how helpful to his/her descendants. :roll: I was surprised to see just how many census records contain uncooperative ancestors, with variations on a theme of "refu...

Something interesting which might warrant further research: Thomas Martin, witness at John Richard Foot & Mary Ann Symons 1836 nuptials, married Jane Greet (widow) in 1835 in Mylor. John Foot was one of the witnesses at the Martin/Greet marriage. Thomas Martin was also a carpenter (like John R F...

The Foot children baptisms from 1836 to 1842 record the father's occupation is "carpenter", as well.

Case in point: one of the other tenants living at 190 Waterman, Providence is an elderly lady named Nettie E Bauer. Her name is directly beneath Harriette's on the 1940 census record. Presuming she also remained in Rhode Island, there is no online death record index for her either.