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Family History Beginners Board / Missing relative (found in 1911 census)
« on: Sunday 09 June 13 09:03 BST (UK) »
Hello everyone.
I am trying to help my uncle solve a family mystery... just wondered if anyone could help, or at least point me in the right direction.
The mystery concerns my uncles grandmother, Charlotte Ann King. We have found her in the 1911 census aged 23, living with her husband William Henry (25) and daughter Jessie (1) in Birmingham. Charlotte was born in Smethwick, West Midlands (her husband born in Bicester, Oxfordshire). We know that in 1915 they had another child (Charlotte Ann King, my uncles mother), and that William Henry died around 1925.
The mystery involves Charlotte Ann King. Family gossip suggests that she went to work one day (possibly around 1935/36) and did not return... nobody seems to know what happened to her, although there was a family rumour of suicide (not confirmed). Did she die? Did she simply walk out on the family and move elsewhere? More importantly, how can I investigate this?!
I have searched the death indexes from 1932 through to about 1940 but I found no Charlotte King with an appropriate age. What should I try next? Any ideas gratefully received!
Many Thanks
Craig
I am trying to help my uncle solve a family mystery... just wondered if anyone could help, or at least point me in the right direction.
The mystery concerns my uncles grandmother, Charlotte Ann King. We have found her in the 1911 census aged 23, living with her husband William Henry (25) and daughter Jessie (1) in Birmingham. Charlotte was born in Smethwick, West Midlands (her husband born in Bicester, Oxfordshire). We know that in 1915 they had another child (Charlotte Ann King, my uncles mother), and that William Henry died around 1925.
The mystery involves Charlotte Ann King. Family gossip suggests that she went to work one day (possibly around 1935/36) and did not return... nobody seems to know what happened to her, although there was a family rumour of suicide (not confirmed). Did she die? Did she simply walk out on the family and move elsewhere? More importantly, how can I investigate this?!
I have searched the death indexes from 1932 through to about 1940 but I found no Charlotte King with an appropriate age. What should I try next? Any ideas gratefully received!
Many Thanks
Craig