Charles Purkis missing in 1861

[ElizabethHerts]

This is Charles Purkis, a butcher, in 1851:

1851 Census
PURKIS, Charles
PORTSEA ISLAND, Hampshire
HO107 piece 1658 folio 404 page 11
39, Daniel Street, Portsea, Portsmouth
Charles PURKIS Head Widower M 51 1800 Butcher Mastr Employing 3 Men Portsea Hampshire
Elizabeth PURKIS Daughter Unmarried F 27 1824 Portsea Hampshire
Jane WOODS Servant Unmarried F 22 1829 House Servt Portsea Hampshire
Eliza LOADER Servant Unmarried F 27 1824 House Servt Portsea Hampshire

His death is announced in 1863:

Death
2nd July 1863
Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England), Saturday, July 4, 1863; Issue 3326.
Purkis – on Thursday, the 2nd inst., at Southsea, Mr C. Purkis, late of Daniel-street, Portsea, in the 65th year of his age

I have scoured the 1861 census for him on FMP, but no sign of him.

Can anyone spot him, please?

[kiterunner]

I can't see him on ancestry, sorry.

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks for looking, Kate.

I'll have to search for his children, methinks.

[Merry]

Charles Purkis is probably there at number 39, but the page is torn:

RG09 piece 636 folio 215 page 34


All you see is

Charles........
M A ........
Charles.........

The second Charles has one more letter which may possibly be a G. Doesn't look like a P for Purkis, so did he have a middle name, or are they completely the wrong people!!!?

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Merry. I didn't think to do an address search.

It looks like him - I'll have to try to work out who is with him!

[ElizabethHerts]

He had a daughter, Mary Ann, who is probably the M.A. there.

Children I have found:
Charles Henry 8 Jun 1823, Portsea St John
Mary Ann 14 Sep 1824, Portsea St John
Emma 28 Feb 1826, Portsea St John
George 3 Jan 1828 Portsea St John
Elizabeth ? 1824?

Charles Henry is with his own family in 1861.