1911 - it says husband gone away. can anyone find him?

[Margaret in Burton]

I have been looking for John Sharratt born 15 Feb 1871 in Newborough, Staffordshire on the 1911 census.

I found his wife and children in 1911. It actually says on the form that "Husband gone away - can't say if living or dead"

Can anyone find him? Alive or dead?


This is the 1911 census with that bit highlighted

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/Sharratt1911.jpg

[Margaret in Burton]

The wife is living in Burton on Trent in 1911

[Val in Oz]

Hello Marg, it does sound intriguing doesn't it. I have had a look on the 1911 trying surname variations, but with no luck I'm afraid. I do hope you discover his whereabouts - eventually.

[Merry]

I can't find any deaths in England/Wales which fit his birth name and date.

[Nell]

Of course the rotter might have been using a different name!

[Olde Crone]

Oh, I do LOVE these little asides of the woman determined to tell EVERYONE what the beast has done to her!

I have one

"Deserted wife, living on the charity of my friends"

OC

[Val in Oz]

.......and who says family history is boring, with little snippets like this....NEVER................lol

[Merry]

One of mine in 1861....Husband, living with only child aged 2, says he is a widower and remarries about a year or so later. He then ups sticks with the new wife and the child to Australia where he settles and has another 11 children. His wife is also on the 1861 census lodging in the next town and says 'deserted by husband' as her marital status - she then vanishes and never dies. I hope she managed to at least partially recover from the removal of her first son and maybe lived with someone else and had more children - I doubt I shall ever know.

As you say, this is what makes this hobby so interesting and makes the people involved so real - suffering and struggling as people always have. I know a descendant of the above man and his second wife - She has refused to accept his second marriage was probably bigamous as that's 'not right' lol

[Margaret in Burton]

I can't find him either.

I did find it very interesting to find that. She had written it as it was in the same handwriting as the signature. She also listed herself as wife not head.

[Uncle John]

Are you sure he isn't in cold storage in the coal cellar?

[Margaret in Burton]

Are you sure he isn't in cold storage in the coal cellar?

No, I looked there. :p:rolleyes::D

[Kit]

Are you sure he isn't in cold storage in the coal cellar?

I had the same thought. Well not necessarily the coal cellar.