1911 England Census Summary Books

[Tickettyboo]

He is Alfred Oyer, 45, in the 1911 indexes. Grove Street. Schedule 106.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWLT-WCY

Can I ask how you found this so quickly please? Is there a link from the Summary?

Don't know how johnwarrn found it but out of curiosity I searched the England 1911 census using just the following:
first name Alfred
surname O*r
and put grove street in the keyword box on ancestry
He comes up first one the list of results with the surname Oyer

In fairness to the transcriber, the writing on the census return does look like OYER. on both the body of the return and the signature as the'g' isn't closed at the top. So for a change its not Ancestry at fault.
Always best to check a 'possible' by looking at both the return and the address panel
Boo

[MisterNick]

Thanks Tickettyboo. Strange how it seems obvious when somebody explains it to you
I don't blame Ancestry for the problem because, as you say, the "g" can quite easily be interpreted as a "y". I'll drop them a note to try to get it corrected. 

[Milliepede]

Good luck with getting it corrected. 

I have a 1911 that is complete nonsense but they refused to correct it because that is what the person filling it in wrote! 

[Tickettyboo]

Thanks Tickettyboo. Strange how it seems obvious when somebody explains it to you
I don't blame Ancestry for the problem because, as you say, the "g" can quite easily be interpreted as a "y". I'll drop them a note to try to get it corrected.

Just looked, though Ancestry don't actually 'review/correct' any mistranscriptions someone added an alternate yesterday as OGER. Am unsure if in the fullness of time that alternate will be included in the search but if you look at the transcript entry now the alternate shows up in blue under Oyer
Boo

[Tickettyboo]

Good luck with getting it corrected. 

I have a 1911 that is complete nonsense but they refused to correct it because that is what the person filling it in wrote!

To be fair, though I am sure you are correct and must feel frustrated, all Ancestry can do is to transcribe what was written.
Otherwise we could 'potentially' end up with kind of incorrect info we often see in trees which is then copied by others.

Boo

[jonwarrn]

Don't know how johnwarrn found it

I can't remember myself exactly. I was looking on the free indexes on findmypast, I think Oyer came up in their address search as well.

I searched the England 1911 census using just the following:
first name Alfred
surname O*r
and put grove street in the keyword box on ancestry

Wildcards are best!

[MisterNick]

Thanks for all the replies.
I have got my great grandmothers death certificate (DoD 26/12/1910) and her residence is 4 Grove Street, Eden Grove. This is in Holloway.
I don't think Grove Street exists any more, but I can't find whether it has been bulldozed or renamed. There are several references to it under a Google search, but I still can't get an answer as to where it was located.
It could be that my Great grandfather changed his accommodation either, in the same house (flats) or moved next door.
My Grandfather, who was 10 at the time was staying with his uncle in the 1911 Census.
Can anybody point me in the right direction to understand the road layout and the house layouts at the time please.
Many thanks

[JenB]

You can see Grove Street in the centre of the left hand map. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17.5&lat=51.54997&lon=-0.11462&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld

It still seems to exist but is now part of Eden Grove. The school buildings are still there but all the old houses have gone - the buildings on the east side look like typical LCC flats to me.

[JenB]

Here's a present-day snip.
The road marked Eden Grove was formerly Grove Street.