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Seeking post-1911 Census information about Isaac Fletcher (Fleischer).

1911 Census 66 Edward Street, Lancashire, Broughton, Salford
Harris Fletcher (55) (head)
Janey (Bella Casket) Fletcher (54) (wife)

children: Nellie (22), Isaac (19), Sophia (17), Gertie (14)

Two other older children (of Harris and Janey) are indicated but not named on this census, but one is known to be Annie, later Annie Chadwick.

No record subsequent to this census of Isaac Fletcher and no record in correspondence or in family reminiscences of this young man. History and records of the other children named do exist.

The Fletcher name was anglicized by this family from the original Fleischer. It is strange that no record or even memory exists of this young Isaac Fletcher. Did he change his name? Was he ostracized? Was he a fallen UK patriot in war? Unknown.

One Isaac Fletcher, whose birthplace was not listed though his birth date of 1892 makes him a faint possibility for a match, was found to have been buried in 1967 at Saint Paul's Marton Burial Grounds along, later, with his spouse, Victoria. Because of the Christian burial grounds and the fact that Isaac's original last name suggests Hebrew ancestry, it seems to make this particular Isaac an unlikely, but nevertheless possible candidate for the Isaac Fletcher of this 1911 census. Unfortunately, St. Paul's church do not keep records of those interred there, according to the churchman I contacted by email.

Finally, to add to this mystery of the missing Isaac, UK records of Janey Fletcher's estate indicates the executor of her estate to be David Cohen, someone thought to be an "uncle" though he may instead have been a family friend. He is not listed as an attorney or rabbi.

(Researching this ancestry on behalf on my UK-born wife now living here in Texas, USA. Cannot travel to UK to inquire first-hand, therefore any help greatly appreciated.) Thanks!