Having no luck - 1891 census.

[Tom Tom]

I don't seem to be having much luck with the census at the moment. Lots of people seemingly missing, mistranscribed or hiding and not wanting to be found.

I wonder if I could have a second pair of eyes to look for this gentleman:

Charles Skillman, born c1817 in Wye, Kent.

He lived in Brighton, and remarried to Maria Trott in 1879. She was much younger than him.
The couple are here in 1881:
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=uki1881%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Charles&gsln=Skillman&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21417&o_lid=21417&o_sch=Web+Property&offerid=0%3a21318%3a0&pcat=35&fh=0&h=22016593&recoff=

Charles has knocked 10 years off his age but I am sure it is him, based on the occupation (Retired Schoolmaster).

Charles died in Brighton in 1893 (correct age - 76).

I have found Maria in 1901 still in Brighton, so I would assume they are in Brighton in 1891, but cannot find them.

Thanks for looking.

[maggie_4_7]

Mistranscribed as Thal

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=1&gsfn=charles&gsln=skillman&=&f1=&f2=&f4=&f18=&f12__n=&rg_81004011__date=1817&rs_81004011__date=0&f27=england&f14=kent&f15=wye&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=maria&f7=&f8=&f9=&gskw=&prox=1&db=uki1891&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&h=11814092&recoff=

[kiterunner]

They are transcribed as Thal Skillman and Marie on ancestry, Tom.

(Edit - Maggie got there before me!)

[Tom Tom]

Thanks Maggie and Kate.

I thought I'd looked just under Skillman with no first name but obviously not.

Think I've been looking for too many people today and starting to get muddled.

Thanks again.
Tom

[kiterunner]

To be fair to ancestry, it does look like Thal on the image.

[maggie_4_7]

Thanks Maggie and Kate.

I thought I'd looked just under Skillman with no first name but obviously not.

Think I've been looking for too many people today and starting to get muddled.

Thanks again.
Tom

:D

That happens to me I seem to spend hours looking for one person all sorts of ways finally I give up and then a few days later I try again and they pop up first time and I think I'm sure they weren't there before but I think after a while you get word blind.

[Tom Tom]

Yes it does doesn't it Kate.

I can only assume that on the householder's paper it was written as Chas. and it has been copied that way.

Because of that reason I couldn't add a transcription error, but I added it in the "Extra information" bit so hopefully it will eventually show up on a Charles Skillman search.

Typical isn't it Maggie - spend ages and then someone else finds them in minutes :)