This handwriting...

[James18]

Does the chap here from Egham, Surrey look like Horace Dudley? That's what it's been transcribed as. I'm trying to find a corresponding birth.

[kiterunner]

It does look like Horace, but not sure about the surname.

[kiterunner]

I wonder whether he could be connected with either of these families from the 1891 census?

Harold Corner Rd, Egham, Surrey
William Deeley Head M 42 Agricultural Laborer Oxfordshire Witney
Catherine Do Wife M 32 Ireland
Rosetta Do Dau S 14 Nursemaid Surrey Egham
Martha Do Dau 10 Scholar Do Do

4 Lebanon Terr, Wandsworth, London
Henry J H Duley Head M 41 Tea Grocer Bucks Colebrook
Mary A " Wife M 41 Sussex Southwick
Henry S W " Son S 15 Grocer's Assistant London Deptford
Mary " Daur 9 Scholar Surrey Egham
Nellie E " 7 Middlesex Twickenham
William J " Son 3 London Wandsworth
Mary Ann Grover Mother in Law Widow 64 Living on own means Sussex Barcombe
Maude A Collins Serv S 13 Domestic Servant General London Wandsworth

[kiterunner]

Ah, there is a Matthew Horace Dulley birth registered Oct-Dec 1883 Windsor district, which would be the district for Egham. I wonder whether that's him?

[kiterunner]

This could be Horace in 1911:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/23...nSearchResults

Lewisham, London
Louis Dulley Wife 64 Married 42 yrs, 12 children, 11 living, 1 died Harrow
Horace Dulley Son 28 Single Grocer Egham Surrey
Alice Dulley Daughter 39 Single Assist in House Paddington London

There is a marriage for Matthew H Dulley in 1912 in Lewisham so looks likely to be the same person, don't you think?

[kiterunner]

This is the family in 1891:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/65...nSearchResults

3 Cambridge Villas, Egham, Surrey
William Dulley Head M 49 House Painter & Decorator London Kensington
Louisa Do Wife M 43 Harrow on the Hill
Alice Do Daug S 21 London Bayswater
Maud Do Do S 14 Scholar Do Do
Charles Do Son 12 Do " "
Florrie Do Daug 10 Do " "
George Do Son 9 Do " "
Hollis Do Son 7 Do Surrey Egham
Ernest Do Son 5 Do Do Do
Jessie Do Daug 3 Do Do

[kiterunner]

And in 1901 Hollis / Horace / Matthew is not with his family:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/78...1165_1168-0217

(bottom of that page and top of the next one)
One of the other sons is a Grocer's Shop Assistant.

[James18]

I am often sickened by your efficiency, Kate.

Thank you.

[Mary from Italy]