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According to Free BMD, the following are births for Frank Tolhurst


Frank Tolhurst  born Dec 1862 Tunbridge 2a 456.
In 1871 living with his brothers Frederick (birth registered as Fred)  age 6 (born Wandsworth 1d 488 Sept 1865) and Arthur age 3 (Wandsworth 1d 520 March 1868)

I can find no trace of any of them in the 1881 Census and only Fred surfaces in 1891 married to Fanny with a son called Fred born 1891.

Frank Tolhurst born Dec 1863  Wandsworth 1d 433 – can’t find anything else on this one.


Frank Bourne Tolhurst – born June 1856 Gravesend 2a 248. 

I cannot find a death for him or a marriage and cannot find him in either the 1881 or 1891 Census.

I have looked at other births and have managed to tie them into 1881 and 1891 Census returns which rule them out as Frank came to Australia in 1884.

I had a look at Passport Applications and found a couple of options.  One was for March 8 1879 - but it looks like the initial is B.  The other I'm not sure about, Sept 20 1883 – it may or may not be a Tolhurst.  Not sure if you needed a passport back then to travel or if it was just ‘nice to have’.

Perhaps the above will help anyone else looking?

Jackie

Hello, how fantastic!  Yes please. 

The only marriage I have found so far for William is to a Mary Ann Bateman, but I have a strange feeling that it is not correct.  I am waiting for a certificate to come to see if that works or not.  I will have a look at the Mary Stewart connection in the meantime but would welcome contact with your friend as the only other connection I have is a cousin living in Co Durham.

Jackie

Can anyone help me on the 1881 Durham Census at all please?  I have my Gt Grandfather William McGee living in Dawdon in 1871 and again in 1891.  I also have him for 1901 and 1911 but I cannot find him or the rest of the family in 1881!!!!

In 1871, the family unit was as follows:

James Megee   33
Elizabeth Megee   30
James Megee   10
Robert Megee   7
William Megee   6
John Megee   4
Joseph Megee   2
Jame Megee   5
Mary Megee   5

They then seem to disappear.  The spelling is a bad transcription on Ancestry.  I have tried all sorts of combinations of Magee/McGee/MacGee etc etc but to no avail.  An Elizabeth McGee (widow) does surface with a son William who is a trainee tailor but William was a blacksmith, and some of the other family members don't ring true.

Thanks in advance,  Jackie

Hi Matt, thanks for your messages.  No problem!  I do the same thing!!! 

I'm trying now to find out when they went to the US and when John came back. 

The parents were still there in 1880 living with the daughter and son in law.   I haven't managed to find any of that family group after the 1880 census, so maybe they all came back to the UK.  I don't have a full sub to Ancestry so will have to have a search when I get to my local Family History group as they do.

Jackie

Thank you so much for this information!!  It most certainly sounds like him!  I had some hints on Ancestry that his brother may have gone to the US but was not sure of that information and there was nothing to suggest that the rest of the family had gone as well.  I'll have a look at the census. 

Hopefully there will be some record of him coming back to the UK between 1881 and 1884 when he got married.

Cheers!  Jackie