Lost Osmond's of Tunbridge Wells

[Dave Os]

Hi,
I am after some help or advise in trying to locate a line of my Osmond family that were last in Tunbridge Wells, but seem to have
disappeared without a trace

Henry Avis Osmond b 15 9 1846 Uckfield Sussex
Married Sarah (Susan Sarah) Martin Tunbridge Wells
21 4 1866

The family are on the 1881 Census

Henry OSMOND   Head   W   Male   34   Uckfield, Sussex, England   Carpenter     
 Sarah J. OSMOND   Daur   U   Female   13   Tun Wells, Kent, England       
 Edward A. OSMOND   Son      Male   11   Tun Wells, Kent, England       
 Louisa M. OSMOND   Daur      Female   8   Tun Wells, Kent, England       
 Arthur A. OSMOND   Son      Male   5   Tun Wells, Kent, England       
 William A. OSMOND   Son      Male   3   Tun Wells, Kent, England 

Albert Street Provedence Cottage, Tonbridge, Kent
  RG11/915 folio 18 page 29
 

Henry's wife died prior to the Census, and this is the last I can find of this line of Osmond's. I can't find them on the 1891 or 1901 Census and it seems strange that a whole family have vanished.

Can anyone suggest where I should search?

Look forward to hearing from someone

Best wishes David

[Dave Os]

Hi with reference to my post back in 2004... I still haven't found my lost Osmond's

I was advised that they could have left the UK soon after the 1881 Census as there don't appear to be on the 1891 or 1901

So living in Kent, any idea what ports may have been used or any idea's where I should check? Do many shipping records exist, were Passports used back then?

I've not done any research in a while so just getting back into the swing of things again

So I am open to suggestions to try out

Many thanks again

Dave

[bearkat]

A few avenues to explore:

findmypast.com

has Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 (maybe too late)
Register of passport applications 1851-1903.  This a pay per view/subscription site
 

Do you where they may have emmigrated to?

You could ask for a look up in the US census.

There are some online passenger lists for Australia.

Emmigrants did not always leave from their nearest port.  I have Kent relatives who left from Liverpool.

[Dave Os]

Hello Kat,

No idea where they went too... 1890 maybe too late but worth checking, the passenger lists in case.
And again the passport application if they were in use back in the 1800's

I'll check to see if these records are at Kew as I'm not far from there.

I'll look at the findmypast site too

Re the Census familysearch.org has the US census but for 1880 (too early for me) I'll have to see if the 1890 / 1900 Census is on-line anywhere

Thanks again

Dave
Many thanks

[Anderson]

Hi David
Don't know if there is any connection but my wife has the following Osmond ancestry from Tunbridge.
John Osmond born abt 1808, marrie Fanny Wickenden on the 15 Feb 1836 at Tunbridge. Have John's father as being Thomas Osmond? and mother unknown.
They left for Australia as per the below details. Not sure if there is any connection to your lot.

John, Fanny, Henry (abt 1836) & James (chr 13/2/1837)Osmond arrived NSW per"William Metcalfe"on the 31 Aug. 1838 (ship rec. no.4/4826 vol.12).
_OCCUP: John - shoemaker - age 30 - R & W - Rel prot.
   "  : Fanny - general servant - age 21 - R & W - Rel prot.

Regards
Anderson

[Dave Os]

Hi Anderson,

Thanks for the reply, I have seen your Osmond names before but as of yet not found any connection with my lot

I'll hang on to your details as you never know

I still haven't managed to locate my Tunbridge Osmond's as of yet!!

Dave

[Anderson]

That's OK Dave, thought we may have been lucky. If you have any info on our lot we would be glad to hear from you.
Anderson

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

Were they using their second names in the 1881 census? I can't find births that match if they are first names but I can find these,

Henry Edward A OSMOND  Jun Q 1870  Tonbridge  2a/529

Mary Louisa OSMOND  Jun Q 1873  Tonbridge  2a/513

Edwin Arthur A OSMOND  Sep Q 1875  Tonbridge  2a/560

Charles William A OSMOND  Dec Q 1877  Tonbridge  2a/592



Henry Edward A OSMOND is the only Henry E b. abt 1870 in England that I can see so I wonder if this is him in Canada in 1911?

1911 Census of Canada

Name: Henry E Osmond
Age: 41 
Birth Date: Mar 1870
Birthplace: England 
Immigration Year: 1882 
Tribal: English 
Province: Alberta 
DISTRICT: Red Deer 
District Number: 5 
Sub-District Number: 120 
Place of Habitation: Didsbury 

Living with him:
Name: Margaret Osmond
Age: 43 
Birth Date: Mar 1868
Birthplace: Ontario 
Relation to Head of House: Wife 
Tribal: Irish 

Name: Mary M Osmond
Age: 12 
Birth Date: Jun 1898
Birthplace: Ontario 
Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
Tribal: English 

Name: Frederick H Osmond
Age: 10 
Birth Date: Jul 1900
Birthplace: Ontario   
Relation to Head of House: Son   
Tribal: English 

Name: Liline K Osmond   
Age: 5 
Birth Date: Mar 1906
Birthplace: Alberta 
Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
Tribal: English 

Name: Edith L Osmond
Age: 2 
Birth Date: Jun 1908
Birthplace: Alberta 
Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
Tribal: English 


Daisy

[Daisypetal]

This looks be him using the name Edward in 1901, is the lodger his sister Sarah 

1901 Census of Canada

Name: Martin Lowry
Marital Status: Married 
Age: 70 
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1830
Birthplace: Ireland 
Relation to Head of House: Head 
Immigration Year: 1849 
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish 
Nationality: Canadian 
Religion: Presbyterian 
Occupation: Clergyman 
Province: Ontario 
DISTRICT: London (City/Cité)
District Number: 86 
Sub-District: London (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 3 
Sub-District Number: C-1
Family Number: 117 
Page: 13 

Living with him

Name: Mary J Lowry
Marital Status: Married 
Age: 72 
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1828
Birthplace: Ontario 
Relation to Head of House: Wife 
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish 
Nationality: Canadian 
Religion: Presbyterian 

Name: George A Lowry
Marital Status: Single
Age: 29 
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1871
Birthplace: Ontario 
Relation to Head of House: Son 
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish 
Nationality: Canadian 
Religion: Presbyterian 
Occupation: Pressman 

Name: Edward Osmond
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married 
Age: 31 
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1870
Birthplace: England 
Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law 
Spouse's name: Margurett
Immigration Year: 1884 
Racial or Tribal Origin: English 
Nationality: Canadian 
Religion: Presbyterian 
Occupation: Compositor?

Name: Margurett Osmond
Marital Status: Married 
Age: 35 
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1866
Birthplace: Ontario 
Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
Spouse's name: Edward
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish 
Nationality: Canadian 
Religion: Presbyterian

Name: Mary Osmond 
Age: 2 
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1899
Birthplace: Ontario 
Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter 
Father's name: Edward
Mother's name: Margurett
Racial or Tribal Origin: English 
Nationality: Canadian 
Religion: Presbyterian 

Name: Fredrick H Osmond
Age: 9/12 
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1900
Birthplace: Ontario 
Relation to Head of House: Grandson 
Father's name: Edward
Mother's name: Margurett
Racial or Tribal Origin: English 
Nationality: Canadian 
Religion: Presbyterian 

Name: Sarah Osmond
Marital Status: Single 
Age: 33 
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1868
Birthplace: England 
Relation to Head of House: Lodger 
Racial or Tribal Origin: English 
Nationality: Canadian 
Religion: Presbyterian 


Daisy