'Missing Family'

[ladykincavel]

 :)Good Evening Rootschatters,-Wondering if anyone can help me find Gt Grandparents-The family are Charles Olday(correct spelling) born 1841-married to Mary Ann(nee Chipp) and their 2 children Charles(born 1871 & James born 1873) I have Mary Anne in 1871 census-Charles is a mariner and so not in that census.I can find no trace anywhere in 1881- ::)of any of the family.I find that Charles died 'In Port' in the European hospital in Bombay in 1886 but where were the family in 1881??? I have the family in subsequent census's-what am I missing?

[wozzle]

1881
RG11/5007/77/80
mary.a.alday age 31. b. sunderland. mariners wife
charles age 10. b. ditto. son
james age 8. b. ditto. son
living at;121,victor street,monkwearmouth shore

[danuslave]

Hi ladykincavel

Just because you know the correct spelling doesn't mean that the enumerator and/or the transcriber got it right   

Be prepared for a lot of lateral thinking when searching records 

Linda

[suzard]

1881 also gives them all b Sunderland

It is "Alday" on image so is not a mistranscription

Suz

[ladykincavel]

Thanks guys- I left the exact spelling 'off' and have tried different variations of the spelling so don't know how I missed it-

[danuslave]

Most searches won't allow you to use a wildcard for the first letter, which is where the problem seems to be.  Even leaving exact spelling off won't necessarily find Alday if you are searching for Olday.  A lot depends on which site you're searching 

Try searching on given names, dob, pob, parents and/or spouse in any combination, without a surname.

You may have to do a bit of trawling, but it often gives results

Linda

[ladykincavel]

Thank you-Charles was born in 1841-in Mecklenberg-Rostock(transcribed from family bible) His father is Frederick Olday( from his marriage certificate) but I don't know where to go from here now, as I am hitting a wall after searching all the free census sites.Can anyone come up trumps for me on this one? Thank you