Hi all, I hope you had a splendid Christmas,
I'd given up on this search a while ago, but I've decided that maybe I'd reach out to anyone who fancies a challenge.
John and Hannah Davis (Hannah née Townsend, previously Costins) and family - I can't find them anywhere on the 1861 census. Here are the records I have for them at the moment:
1851, Sarsgrove Lodge, Churchill, Oxfordshire
John, 48, Ag Lab, Churchill, Oxfordshire
Hannah, 44, Chadlington, Oxfordshire
William, 12, Scholar, Chadlington, Oxfordshire
Caroline, 10, Scholar, Chadlington, Oxfordshire
Emma, 7, Chadlington, Oxfordshire
Mary, 5, Churchill, Oxfordshire
Thomas, 3, Churchill, Oxfordshire
Sarah, 5 mo, Churchill, Oxfordshire
1861:
Caroline found in Chadlington with uncle Thomas Townsend
Emma found on Iffley Road, Oxford working as a house servant
Mary found on New Street, Chipping Norton working as house servant
Thomas found boarding at a school on Church Street, Charlbury
John, Hannah, William, and Sarah unfound.
1871
Hannah reappears as a widow and a house servant in Stonesfield
William has married but is found in Yorkshire away from his family at the time of the census.
All other family members accounted for.
The most logical explanation is that John died and that this resulted in the family spreading out, and ending up in different places. However, I can't find an obvious death in the index for John - certainly not one that matches up age wise (although the index/record could be incorrect). I also can't find any obvious death or marriage for Sarah, but I can't find any trace of her apart from her brief showing in 1851.
Basically, if anyone fancies a challenge, I'd like to know where John, Hannah and Sarah were in 1861...
Happy New Year and thanks in advance for any help!
Chris