Every twelve months or so, I repost something on my ancestor William Young who is a total blockage on my family history research. One year, somebody is going to make sense of it all so here's hoping one of you will do the magic !
William Young married Elizabeth Ann Howell at Bordesley in 1883. They had very many kids but the first out were Ellen (1886), William (1888), Harry (1890), Florence (1892), Frederick (1894), Edward (1896), Arthur (1897), Beatrice (1899), Alfred (1901), Thomas (1904), George (1907).
The kids were born in Birmingham (Warwickshire) and Kings Norton (Worcestershire).
I can't find them on the 1891 census and couldn't find them on the 1901 census until last year when I found them listed under Elizabeth's maiden name of Howell at 116 Crocketts Road, Handsworth ...... why were they not listed as "Young" ? The property was a shop (coal dealer ?) and belonged to Elizabeth's brother John Howell (b1874). John is nowhere to be seen in the 1901 census but is still listed as the shopkeeper in Kelly's Directories of 1903 and 1904.
The family is listed as "Young" once again on the 1911 census at 104 Whitehall Road, Aston.
I'm particularly interested in their son William (b1888) and, obviously, the father of William senior who was - wait for it - another William according to William and Elizabeth's marriage certificate. To trace that William, I really need to find him on a census somewhere and I have next to nothing to go on.
Hope this makes sense !
William Young married Elizabeth Ann Howell at Bordesley in 1883. They had very many kids but the first out were Ellen (1886), William (1888), Harry (1890), Florence (1892), Frederick (1894), Edward (1896), Arthur (1897), Beatrice (1899), Alfred (1901), Thomas (1904), George (1907).
The kids were born in Birmingham (Warwickshire) and Kings Norton (Worcestershire).
I can't find them on the 1891 census and couldn't find them on the 1901 census until last year when I found them listed under Elizabeth's maiden name of Howell at 116 Crocketts Road, Handsworth ...... why were they not listed as "Young" ? The property was a shop (coal dealer ?) and belonged to Elizabeth's brother John Howell (b1874). John is nowhere to be seen in the 1901 census but is still listed as the shopkeeper in Kelly's Directories of 1903 and 1904.
The family is listed as "Young" once again on the 1911 census at 104 Whitehall Road, Aston.
I'm particularly interested in their son William (b1888) and, obviously, the father of William senior who was - wait for it - another William according to William and Elizabeth's marriage certificate. To trace that William, I really need to find him on a census somewhere and I have next to nothing to go on.
Hope this makes sense !