Arthur George Muskett

[aidansrest]

Hi

This man is abit of a mystery!

He was born in London (St Pancras/Highbury) around 1862/1864.

He was in Wakefield, Yorkshire by 1891, and can be found on the 1891 census living in Russell Street, where he was a railway guard.

He married Caroline Schofield within the United Methodist Free Church, Wakefield on the 6th March 1906.
He claimed to be a bachelor, gave his occupation as a railway passenger guard, and named his father as Arthur Muskett (deceased) a bank clerk.

However, I can find no trace of a birth (or a potential marriage of his parents), nor can I find him in 1871, 1881 or 1901!

Can anybody help!

Thanks

Sue

[JenB]

1901 census

RG 13 / 4286 / 67 / 46

76 Thornes Lane, Wakefield

in the household of David Turton

Arthur G Ruskett, boarder, single, 49, railway guard, London Highbury.

[JJen]

Hi Sue,

Have you considered this 1881? The birthplace shows Nottingham but cannot find a birth for this man in Nottingham 

William Baker   47
Mary Baker   44
William Baker   14
Mary Baker   11
Edith Baker   4
Thomas Redman   29
Arthur Muskett   20 Lodger, Railway Porter. b.Nottingham
Frederick Mann   22

Living in Pancras, Camden Town.
RG11 Piece 208 Folio 25 Page 12

JJ

[aidansrest]

Hi

I am leaning towards a London birth.

When he completed his census return in 1911 he confirms it as Highbury, London.

Sue

[JenB]

William Baker   47
Mary Baker   44
William Baker   14
Mary Baker   11
Edith Baker   4
Thomas Redman   29
Arthur Muskett   20 Lodger, Railway Porter. b.Nottingham
Frederick Mann   22

It's rather coincidental isn't it given the age and occupation    He was a lodger. The head of household could have filled in the form having no idea where he came from 

[JenB]

1901 census

RG 13 / 4286 / 67 / 46

76 Thornes Lane, Wakefield

in the household of David Turton

Arthur G Ruskett, boarder, single, 49, railway guard, London Highbury.

I see he was still living at the same address when he married