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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Death Info? Zacharias Theophile CANET c. 1851?
« on: Friday 27 June 08 05:33 BST (UK) »
Hi All,
I'm hoping some one might be able to give me some ideas. I'm trying to find the death date of Zacharias Theophile CANET b circa 1813 in France. The family were living at 8 Air St, Westminster St James, Middlesex, England in the 1851 Census. His profession is listed as tailor.
After this date, Zacharias Theophile CANET disappears from the records. I have been unable to find any further trace of him in census records or trace of his death. The last of his children was born in 1851 which would indicate that this is when he "disappeared".
There is a death for Theophile CANET - Sept 1848 District 5 Sept Q 1848 St Georges Hanover Square Vol 1 page 37 but this is I believe his son (who was born in 1843 - St Catherine Index Dec qtr 1843).
Family "history" says that he died of yellow fever. One version was that he went to Portugal to recover but died. Another is that he died in London after catching the disease from cloth imported from Brazil.
I think the truth lies somewhere in between. I believe he may have been a cloth merchant who travelled to Portugal to buy cloth and caught yellow fever there (which was a regular occurrance in many of the sea ports at the time) and then died.
I've checked just about every online index available (including British Overseas Deaths) but I haven't been able to turn anything up. I've also tried many variations on the spelling of the last name, again not luck.
The other possibility is that he didn't die but infact abandoned the family. There is a record on IGI for a marriage between Theophille CANET and Clotilde GUERGUIN who had a boy Gustave Alfred CANET 8/12/1872 at Meurthe-et-moselle, Andilly, France.
Now this would tie in somewhat as Andilly was a major linen producing area in this time.
I suppose I am looking for ideas of where else to look in the UK or if I missed anything obvious.
Cheers,
Michelle
I'm hoping some one might be able to give me some ideas. I'm trying to find the death date of Zacharias Theophile CANET b circa 1813 in France. The family were living at 8 Air St, Westminster St James, Middlesex, England in the 1851 Census. His profession is listed as tailor.
After this date, Zacharias Theophile CANET disappears from the records. I have been unable to find any further trace of him in census records or trace of his death. The last of his children was born in 1851 which would indicate that this is when he "disappeared".
There is a death for Theophile CANET - Sept 1848 District 5 Sept Q 1848 St Georges Hanover Square Vol 1 page 37 but this is I believe his son (who was born in 1843 - St Catherine Index Dec qtr 1843).
Family "history" says that he died of yellow fever. One version was that he went to Portugal to recover but died. Another is that he died in London after catching the disease from cloth imported from Brazil.
I think the truth lies somewhere in between. I believe he may have been a cloth merchant who travelled to Portugal to buy cloth and caught yellow fever there (which was a regular occurrance in many of the sea ports at the time) and then died.
I've checked just about every online index available (including British Overseas Deaths) but I haven't been able to turn anything up. I've also tried many variations on the spelling of the last name, again not luck.
The other possibility is that he didn't die but infact abandoned the family. There is a record on IGI for a marriage between Theophille CANET and Clotilde GUERGUIN who had a boy Gustave Alfred CANET 8/12/1872 at Meurthe-et-moselle, Andilly, France.
Now this would tie in somewhat as Andilly was a major linen producing area in this time.
I suppose I am looking for ideas of where else to look in the UK or if I missed anything obvious.
Cheers,
Michelle