William Jarvis, Harriet and baby John

[Phoenix]

Are all on the 1871 census, living in Keswick, Norfolk.

John William Benton Jarvis was b 1 June 1870 and baptised at Intwood with Keswick.

William Benton Jarvis married Harriet Skippon in 1868. He was born 1845, she c 1850.

By 1881 they are gone.

He was a farming bailiff.

I assume they emigrated, but where? William's brother Lee Jarvis also vanishes, so perhaps they went together, possibly c 1879.

[KiwiChris]

No sign of any death for Lee, Harriet or John William Benton here in NZ.

[Phoenix]

Thank you for looking, Chris!

I've not seen them in US or Canada, though they might be hiding.

[Uncle John]

Oz or NZ perhaps?

[Phoenix]

Found him.

jAN 8 1873, he died in Colorado, aged 27, leaving a widow and two children.

The death notice is in the Norwich Mercury: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001669/18730226/062/0003

[kiterunner]

That was quick.

[Phoenix]

His poor mother lost three adult children in the space of less than 20 months.

[Uncle John]

Nearly a 7-year itch! I was surprised to find my post was the last one from Phase 1. BTW my avatar photo was taken in Grand Junction, Colorado.

[Phoenix]

Just to lay my own worries to rest: I had had a notion that William did die very young, but could not work out how. I have just gone through some very old notes, and discovered that an unrelated William Jarvis died in Norfolk in 1872.