Hi Seaweed
Sorry for the late reply, I've only just had chance to come back to you
I've got his DOB down as 1st Feb 1874, but I can't find ANY birth records for him at all!
I don't know where he was born, or anything else about him. He and my G/Grandmother were never married. She was a widow when they met and she already had 3 daughters, then my Grandmother, Lilian and her siblings came along, so there's no marriage certificate.
On the 1911 census, He's living in Higher Openshaw, Manchester with 'wife' Julia Scaife (they never married, so she's really Julia MORRIS), Mary Scaife (who was Julia's daughter from her first marriage, so she's Mary Morris), and my Grandmother Lilian Scaife. On this, he's written that he's 36, and was born in AMERICA! Interestingly, I don't know where her other 2 daughters were.
On all of the ship information I've found, his DOB is 1/2/1874. His CR10 also has the same date, but states birthplace as 'Manchester, Eng', so not America.
I can only find 2 Joseph Scaifes born in Manchester:
1 - 1870 (born in Manchester, quarter 1)
2 - 1979 (born in Chorlton, Manchester) BUT this Joseph appears on a separate 1911 census sheet with his wife and 2 children
Oh I think I need to find an expert to help me wade through all of this info!
I just can't FIND him! Can you see any other avenue I could try, or am I missing something glaringly obvious?
Jayne xx