Looking for some help in locating a missing couple in the 1901 census

[M_ONeill]

Hello all,

I’m looking for some help in tracking down my 2x great grandparents, Henry Mackle and Sarah Mackle (née Tomlinson) in the 1901 census. I know they were still alive at the time, but aren’t where I’d expect them to be (Ballymilligan in the Loop, near Moneymore). I think they may have been staying somewhere else on the night of the census, and I’m hoping more eyes might help find them!

For some context of places they had previously been linked to; Henry and Sarah had married in the Roman Catholic chapel at Balinderry in 1871. Henry was living in Bellagherty at the time, Sarah in Ballymultrea, both were weavers by trade. Judging by the births of their children, they then lived in the townlands of Bellagherty, Ballymulderg and Ballyrogully (in that order) before moving to Ballymilligan, sometime in or just prior to 1901 as listed in the Griffiths Valuation books.

Their three daughters Sarah Ann, Mary and [Andrew] Thomas are listed in the 1901 census for Ballymilligan, with Sarah Ann as head of household despite only being 17. Their sister Bridget is also in the area, working as a servant to a Scullion family.

Sarah Mackle (the mother) died in 1909 in Ballymilligan, with the Widower Henry Mackle as the informant. He is present in the 1911 census with Mary and Andrew Thomas (surnames listed as ‘Michael’), so I know that the parents were still living there, but obviously not on the night of the 1901 census.

So that’s what I have so far. Given that ‘Mackle’ is a particularly difficult surname to search for due to spelling variations, it’s entirely possible I’ve missed something horribly obvious.

Any and all help gratefully appreciated!

[CaroleW]

You haven’t included their respective birthyears

In case they were with any of their children - can you include their details too please - particularly married daughters as they could be under their surname

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http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ogr/  will get you all Sarah, Married, Londonderry 1901

[hallmark]

As you have more information than I you could try filling in some more boxes on

http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/#searchmore

even omitting L/derry if she was elsewhere.

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[M_ONeill]

Apologies for the lack of reply, I've been too busy to jump on Rootschat for the past few days.

The respective birth years (estimates based on age-at-death in civil records.) are 1836 for Henry and 1847 for Sarah. I've scrubbed through all the lists in Derry looking for every alternate spelling I can think of (and there's a lot of them in my tree; Mackle Mackel, Mackell, Machell, Mitchell, Michael, McCool...) but no luck. I've started looking in surrounding counties as well, but as of yet, no hits.

[hallmark]

Have you tried adding her age, religion, etc on example posted leaving Surname blank

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or Sarah Mac*

[M_ONeill]

I've tried variations on all the above. I've even tried combing through all M* surnames of the correct age and religion across all counties for both 'Sarah' and 'Henry'. Even tried 'Harry' for the latter. No luck so far.

I'm beginning to wonder if they were somehow missed by the census entirely, though it seems unlikely. Another possibility is that maybe they were somewhere in England or Scotland in 1901, but I doubt it; given that the mother died there in 1909.