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Is there any way to find out who was living at a particular address on the 1901 England census? The addresses in question are 13 and 19 Back Sea View, Hoylake Cum West Kirby, Cheshire, England. On the subscription site I have, this seems to be possible via the Census Summary Books on the 1911 census, but not on the 1901 census.

(These are the addresses I have from the birth and christening certificates of a child who was later adopted.)

Thank you,

Alan

Thank you Dave and Trish. Sorry to be slow in responding.

Yes, I have Phoebe born in May 1796 in Lullington and Frances born in 1771 in Edingale. Thank you for the information about the 4 brothers and two of them dying just before Martin declared bankruptcy. Was "Ashby-de-la-Zouch Bank" the name of the bank? Perhaps, as you say, that played a role. I've always kind of imagined that Martin overreached himself, but I don't really know. I didn't realise until I read his will that Phoebe (my 4th g grandmother) was his adopted daughter, and with it went my chance of having at least one somewhat illustrious ancestor, since he was high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1789. I guess I'll never know who Phoebe's father was.

By any chance, do either of you know if a certain genealogical website has published the parish records for Coton-in-the-Elms?

All the best,

Alan

I'm trying to trace forward the descendants of one of my indirect ancestors, Mary Olinda Debrix (sometimes Devereaux or other variants), who married Duncan Rankin (originally from Paisley, Renfrewshire), in West Derby, Liverpool, in 1889 and subsequently first moved to Ardrossan, where they had 4 children, Elizabeth Froude Rankin (b 1890), Maggie Lauder Rankin (b 1891), Mary Gibson Rankin (b 1893) and John Rankin (b 1896).

They later moved to the Glasgow area, as I found them on the 1911 census in Pollokshields, Lanarkshire.

Unfortunately, John died at 22 yrs old in WWI. Also, though I found a marriage for Elizabeth to William George Forsyth on 20 July 1914 in Cathcart, I've so far only found one daughter for them, Bertha Johann Forsyth (b 1921 in Milngavie) and she appears to have married only in 1968, so may not have had any children. William and Elizabeth were living at 44 Albert Drive, Crosshill, Glasgow at the time of their marriage.

The other lines are proving more difficult to trace, especially with the system of credits on a certain Scottish records website(!) and the fact that the mother's maiden name is not available to narrow down birth records.

I'm wondering if someone has a suggestion as to the best resource to use to narrow down these searches before looking for confirmation on the official website. Also, would Cathcart have indeed belonged to Renfrewshire at that time? I'm a bit confused about this point. This is my first real venture north of the border!

(Sorry, I quite forgot that I had unsuccessfully undertaken this research once before back in 2013 it seems:

Threads merged.

However, the marriage I found for Mary Gibson Rankin was not for the right person. I recently discovered that the family moved to the Glasgow area, so I was looking in the wrong place before.)

Thanks,

Alan

Hi Jane,

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I believe there are some records from the Devon House of Mercy for the year you refer to. In my case of around 1871, there is nothing, but if you search on the National Archives website, you will find some entries for the Devon House of Mercy, though these records are not held in Kew, but mainly at the Berkshire records office or sometimes by Devon archives.

Best wishes,

Alan

Thank you very much, Shaun.

(If anyone else posts, I will be unable to answer until Monday or Tuesday. Please excuse me.)