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This is my second attempt to sort this out, I mucked up the details in my first post and got confused with another bit of the family, d'oh!  Anyway, here goes for take two (with better proof reading this time!):

I've possibly located Mary Ann Sutton (nee Smith) on the 1901 census, but she's Mary Ann Harrison, wife of Thomas Harrison and appears to have reduced her age by 6 or 7 years.  And I can't find a Harrison/Sutton or Harrison/Smith wedding - which would appear to take place between 1891 and 1901 due to census records.

Has anyone got a fresh pair of eyes and can take a look for them for me?  And am I barking up the wrong tree completely with thinking that my Mary Ann Sutton is Mary Ann Harrison?

In 1891 Thomas appears to be married to an Elizabeth - ref RG12/3013 page 29 folio 49 possibly?  Mary Ann is a domestic servant, widow, in North Meols/Ormskirk - ref for her is RG12/3039 page 1 don't know the folio # - 25 possibly?

The 1901 ref for both of them is RG13/3514/70/30.

Hope that all makes sense!  In case it helps, Thomas Harrison was b. Worcestershire I think Doddenhall or Doddenhill, and Mary Ann was b Worcestershire Droitwich.

Mary Ann was b. c. 1852, her father was Samuel Smith.  She had two children: Mabel Sutton b 1881 (my g.grandmother) who in 1901 was living with her aunt and uncle in the potteries, and Maurice Sutton b 1883 who is the Big Mystery   - no trace of him in 1901, only just found him in the Tewkesbury workhouse in 1891, and I have copies of letters written to the police by his mother Mary Ann relating to what appears to be his disappearance 

Any help VERY gratefully received with this bunch!

Cheers,

Cate.

PS If anyone can tell me where to find the folio numbers on census returns, that'd be really helpful! 

Hi,

I'm looking for my g.g.uncle Maurice SUTTON in the 1891 census.  Maurice was b 1883 to Thomas Sutton and Mary Ann Sutton nee Smith.

I have a printout from the 1891 census that shows Maurice as an inmate in (I assume) a workhouse, in Tewkesbury.  I'm trying to find the online record of it via Ancestry so that I can save it on my computer (and use it in Family Historian as a record & source).  But every time I try searching, I'm drawing a blank.

Can anyone help?

TIA,

Cate.

Edited to add: on the printout, the only reference I can find is: RG12/2050 and at the top it says page 2.

Hi all,

I know my grandad Geoffrey Walker Godfrey served in WW2 and was stationed on Malta for some time - he was definitely there in late 1941 and summer 1942.  He was there during a siege, where I'm told they ate cats and dogs as there was no food (no idea how true that is?).

I don't know what force/regiment he was with, how would I go about finding out?  Can't ask family.  Also, my grandma told me that he refused promotion to the first rank of officer a few times because he said he wanted to survive the war, and officers got put on the front line more often - would I be able to find out if that's true?  Finally, he was apparently the only survivor of an attack on his room on Malta where the 5 other people he shared with were all killed.  Again, is there any way of narrowing this down and discovering the truth?

Also, I have pictures that he took while on Malta that were well labelled, including of things like the bombing of the Invincible, the Opera House on Malta before the blitz, plus a fair few others - I've hopefully attached a couple if I've managed to do it right!  Are these of any particular interest?  I really don't yet know anything about what my grandad did.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give!

Cate.