Aver(h)ilda Oxley of Doncaster

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

I have an Aver(h)ilda Oxley b.1892 Doncaster married to a James H. Cartwright in 09/1911 in Barnsley. There's an Averhilda Cartwright marrying in 1917 to Joseph Collins in Huddersfield, and an Averhilda Cartwright marrying in Low Valley in 1948 to a Thomas Swift.

I can't find Aver(h)ilda Oxley on the 1901 or 1911 censuses, nor on the 1921 or 1939 censuses as Averhilda Collins, if indeed they are the same person. I even tried Oxley and Cartwright as an afterthought, still nothing. How does someone avoid all those censuses, and does anyone know of any other sources I could try to find her, and her parents/siblings.?

Thank you in advance.

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

The Averhilda Cartwright who married Joseph Collins in 1917 died in 1958 aged 61, so she can't be the one born in 1892, as she'd be 6 years too young.

[QueenoftheWest]

Averhilda is on the 1939 register with her husband, James H Cartwright. If you have Anc*, here is the link:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01sfk/

If not, search 'James H Cartwright', born c.1886 and click the entry for the man living in Deane, Yorkshire.

The register confirms that she later married a Swift.

She died as Averilda Swift in 1970 in Don Valley, Yorkshire.

Queenie 

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

@QueenoftheWest, thank you so much..  That's a big help. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't find her. I don't understand why she didn't show on the 1939 census on FindMyPast.

[QueenoftheWest]

I just found them on FindMyPast and this is surely the worst transcription ever!:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01sfm/

Cartwright is Bathwin? and Averhilda is just '??'

Looks like they had a son called Fred in Ardsley, Yorkshire in 1913. His parents are 'James Haigh', miner, and 'Hilda'.

Queenie 

[QueenoftheWest]

Still can't find Averhilda and James in 1921, but I believe their son Fred is with his grandmother Martha Ann Hirst (née Cartwright) in Ardsley West.

Queenie 

[QueenoftheWest]

Would you still like help finding Averhilda's family?

Her parents were Charles Oxley and Margaret King:

OXLEY, AVERILDA       KING 
GRO Reference: 1892  S Quarter in DONCASTER  Volume 09C  Page 813

She can be found with them on the 1901 and 1911 census in Mexborough.

I recommend you search for her father Charles Oxley (born c.1871 in Mexborough) rather than for Averilda, as the transcriptions of her name vary wildly.

Queenie 

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

@QueenoftheWest, this is fantastic, thank you. The weird transcription explains why I couldn't find them on Find My Past. Her name does seem to be a problem for some, it's making finding her an issue, but I will indeed, now that I have a name for her father, try looking for him. Thank you so much for your help.

[softly softly]

1921, weird, try Hilda Cartwright aged 29, born Mexborough, Yorkshire, England.

Birth & Death of 1st husband

CARTWRIGHT, JAMES  HAIGH     - 
GRO Reference: 1886  J Quarter in WORTLEY  Volume 09C  Page 261

CARTWRIGHT, JAMES  HAIGH     aged 58 
GRO Reference: 1944  J Quarter in DON VALLEY  Volume 09C  Page 756

Believe James aged 5 appears in 1891/1901 census as the step son Samuel Hirst. His sisters birth

CARTWRIGHT, EMILY       - 
GRO Reference: 1890  S Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD  Volume 09A  Page 273

In 1911 he is aged 25 born Penistone.

John