Hi,
I'd appreciate any help I can get from you census search gurus out there. I've lost my great-grandfather Arthur Henry PRIOR after the 1891 census. He did emigrate to Canada - married here in 1908, but I don't know when he came. I have searched the 1901 Canadian census to no avail, and now I can't find him in England either. Perhaps a fresh pair of eyes will be able to find him. I have been using the temporary free 1901 search on Ancestry, although I have already noticed several mistakes for other members of the family, so maybe it is just some bizarre transcription problem. Here are the particulars:
Arthur Henry PRIOR b. 1878 in Drayton, Oxfordshire, although most of his siblings were baptised in Coscate Hagbourne.
In 1881 living with parents George and Susanna (Susan), half-sister Louisa Edwards and brother Frank at Lower Stream, East & West Hagbourne, Berks.
In 1891 parents and siblings are in Blewbury (I think, don't have it in front of me), Arthur is living with grandparents Henry and Jane Prior (I think in East Hagbourne).
In 1901 parents and some siblings still in Blewbury. Grandparents Henry and Jane with uncles Richard Prior and Charles Prior with them are in E. Hagbourne. Arthur's Uncle William Prior and Aunt Emily also in E. Hagbourne. Uncle Francis Prior and Aunt Jane in Appleford. Uncle Joseph Pryor (sic) and family are in Benson, Oxford. Arthur's brothers Frank and Philip are soldiers (living in different barracks). But Arthur has vanished!
I have searched for Priors born in Drayton, Priors born in Hagbourne, different spellings of Priors, looked for him as Henry (middle name) - and no luck.
I will also have to go back and check the Canadian again. Maybe he was on a boat on his way here at the time of the census, and so got missed!
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Martha
