Whilst researching my wife's tree we were initially stuck at the fact that an ancestor was seemingly missing from the 1911 census when she should really be on it, being born in 1903.
Having searched through records we finally came across both her marriage record and her birth record. Both listed her name as Doris Rogers Huteson.
On her birth certificate in the Sheffield records, her forenames were listed as Doris Rogers, with Huteson her surname, but no father was listed. Her mother was named as Annie. We assumed that the father was not known.
However, when looking at the marriage certificate to William Jennings Naylor, her father was listed as Joseph Rogers, with his occupation being shown as 'Traveller'.
In addition to Doris on 1903, there was also as Joseph Rogers Huteson in 1905, so clearly if the father was travelling so to speak, he must have returned.
I cannot find Doris or Joseph on the 1911 census, certainly not under Huteson anyway (Annie seems to appear in Lincoln under Hutson, but without the kids). None of the Rogers entries seem to fit either. I can only assume they were of no fixed abode and part of the travelling community until Doris came back to be married in the 1920's.
Prior to Doris being born, the 1901 census has Annie living and working at the Barrell Inn pub in Sheffield, so possibly was there when she conceived Doris.
If anyone has any information it would help massively.
