Hi everyone,
I'm trying to locate someone called Cecil POINTER on the 1901 census - it seems his whole family might be missing. I'd be interested if anyone has managed to find this family, or are linked to them in any way.
He was born June Q 1888 in Yarmouth district and was living with his widowed mother at 44 St Pauls Terrace, Yarmouth in 1891. His full name was Cecil Leo N POINTER (or POYNTER) - which you'd have thought would be easy enough to spot. There is a matching death in June Q 1902 in Yarmouth district... so it doesn't look like he died before the 1901 census.
I've tried several census search sites, with various combinations of names, but nothing has worked. His mother Bessie was still a POINTER in 1911, so I'm not expecting to find him with a step-father's surname (but have searched without surname just in case).
I'm at the point of giving the family up as missing - but thought it would be worth checking with Rootschatters as someone with a fairly unusual name like that shouldn't be able to vanish.
Nick