Hide and seek....

[Christa]

Really struggling to find Archibald Harold McK Osborne, born 1881 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. In 1891 he is with parents Henry H and Ellen, mistranscribed as Foarold. In 1891 all the children are listed as born Little Compton, Warwickshire although all were born Chipping Norton. I can find parents and siblings in 1901 and 1911 but of Archibald Harold there is no trace. I have tried variations such as Archie, Harry etc, but just draw a blank. I'm not seeing a death or an immigration for him. The family appear to move to Berkshire by 1901. Can anyone help find him please? Any hints very welcome

Thank you

Christa

[Peter Goodey]

Can you please provide some census references.

Also what is the nature of the brick wall? Isn't he an ancestor?

[Christa]

Can you please provide some census references.

Also what is the nature of the brick wall? Isn't he an ancestor?

Archibald isn't a direct Ancestor and very little is known about this branch of the family....

!891 census with 10 year ald Archie;
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...iv=1&ml_rpos=4

And his birth..all I have on him...would love to know what happened, he is not with any of his siblings or his parents after 1891


NAME: Archibald Harold McK Osborne
BIRTH: Apr 1881 - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

[Wilkes_ml]

I've had a look in all my usual places and can not find him either, just by searching for him directly. Do you have details of his aunts, uncles & grandparents? Have you checked every known relative to see if he is staying with one of them? If he is staying with an Aunt under a different surname, he may have been wrongly enumerated under the wrong surname. I've come across a whole family that has been mis-transcribed under the wrong surname as the transcriber just copied the names from the other family occupying the same building, but different household.

[Lesley Robertson]

He'd be 20 by '01, he's presumably left home. Have a look at the army in Africa and India, among other places.

[Wilkes_ml]

I was also going to suggest that he could be away in the army or navy or a mariner, as I'm not sure these people were enumerated in 1901. He may have died overseas, though I could only see one Archibald Osborne armed forces death and that was 1916. I'm not sure if soldiers were enumerateded in the 1911 census either.