Vanished - William H. Sharratt and Elizabeth M. Sharratt

[Doddie]

Trying to discover what became of husband and wife William Henry Sharratt & Elizabeth Moore Sharratt (m.n Wilson) who were married in Leigh in 1889.  After the  1901 census  I cannot find any trace of them. Without going into too much detail (for discretion's sake) there was possibly an unfortunate family 'event' that occured around this time and Thomas and Elizabeth may have gone their  seperate ways. Elizabeth, my g.g. aunt, was born in 1870 to Robert & Mary Jane Wilson in what was then Sutton Oak. Are divorce records kept in similar fashion to BMD's? All help appreciated.

Regards

Doddie

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Searching the free 1911 census there is an Elizabeth Moore born Sutton Oak c1870 living in Warrington district. Wonder if this is her?

Elizabeth and William were living in the same district in 1901

[Doddie]

Hi Mabel, what a spot! Have looked at a copy of the original census form on Ancestry. All the details add up: Sutton Oak, date of birth, and number of years married (21 if we consider that the 22nd year has not yet been completed at the time the census was taken). Surely too much of a coincidence. But why no Sharratt as surname? Not a typo, I don't think. It's one thing to spell a name incorrectly, but quite another to omit it completely. Wonder where hubby was. Maybe simply out of the house when census was taken. Certainly a great deal of food for thought. Will keep you posted. Many thanks.

Regards

Doddie

[charlotteCH]

I wonder if WilliamHenry Sharrat aooears elsewhere in the census?

[Mabel Bagshawe]

If you've seen the original you've seen the 5 year old child. She does appear to have been registered as a Moore- sadly LancsBMD do not have mmn for this birth.

I wonder if the lodger has something to do with matters, as Elizabeth Moore appears to marry her lodger Thomas Upton in 1918

[Doddie]

Does anybody have an Olive Moore, born in  Warrington district for the March quarter for 1906 in their tree. Or alternatively does anyone know who her mother Elizabeth married in 1889/1890. I  am utterly convinced that Elizabeth Moore is also Elizabeth Moore Sharratt. I keep on coming back to this issue every now and then and because the details on the census form match those of Elizabeth Moore Sharratt almost identically I am convinced they are one and the same. Heeeeelp, please.

Regards

Doddie

[Yasmina4]

I have been looking for Shorts and have found them occasionally entered as Sharratt.   Perhaps you
look under that name?  Sandra

[Doddie]

Hi Sandra, took your advice and checked under Shorts (as well as other spelling 'versions'). On Ancestry the only likely entry I have come across so far is a death in the Dec. quarter of 1914 for a William Scarrott in the reg. district of Warrington. On face value  the surname is not too wildly incorrect with regard to spelling/pronounciation. The only fly in the ointment is that when I went to crosscheck the entry with records on both FreeBMD and LancashireBMD there was no such record listed on those sites. I usually find that at least the LancashireBMD records correspond quite accurately with those on Ancestry. Would appreciate your opinion and those of others.

Regards

Doddie

[weste]

They've not crept up to the sharratts in tamworth have they? My lot are fazeley area and there are loads of them. I have in the past seen one lot next door to my lot. I think it was the prestolee lot of sharratts.