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Can anyone solve this mystery for me please?UPDATE

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babs123

babs123 Report 31 Oct 2005 12:22

See below, sorry it's a bit long.

babs123

babs123 Report 31 Oct 2005 12:24

Can anyone help me solve this mystery please? I have the following 3 people missing from 1871 census 1) Henry Palmer age 40 born Trimley Suffolk spelt variously on all censuses except 1841 which says Walton, Suffolk (next to Trimley) 2) Julia Ann Palmer age 12 born Stratford Essex (Henry’s daughter) 3) Henry Charles Palmer age 16 born Ipswich (Henry’s son) The information I have on them is: 1861 census Gorleston Henry Palmer Head 30 Cassandra Palmer wife 28 Henry Charles son 6 Julia Ann dau 2 Cassandra Elizabeth dau 2 months Cassandra , wife dies 1869 1871 Census Ipswich Susannah Graystone widow 33 Ann dau 10 Henry son 5 Cassandra Palmer niece 10 Arthur Palmer nephew 6 Oliver Palmer nephew 4 Henry Palmer marries Susannah Graystone Nov 1871 1881 census Henry Palmer age 52 on board ‘Avalon’ Dovercourt Essex Susannah Palmer wife 43 Arthur son 17 Oliver son 16 Henry son 15 Lillie dau 6 Thanks Kat

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 31 Oct 2005 12:42

Far from home, this might be Julia: Record Julia Ann Palmer abt 1855 Ipswich, Suffolk, England Servant location Berkshire especially if she moved to Ipswich when young.

babs123

babs123 Report 31 Oct 2005 12:48

Thanks but Julia Ann was defo 12 in 1871, so doesn't look like her Kat

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 31 Oct 2005 13:20

How about this one, then? Julius Palmer abt 1859 Stratford, Surrey, England relationship Ipswich St Helen Suffolk

babs123

babs123 Report 31 Oct 2005 13:28

Will look that up straight away, Thanks, Sounds veeeeeeeery good Kat

babs123

babs123 Report 31 Oct 2005 13:43

Yes yes yes, !! She is in a childrens home with a Rosa Graystone. Julia has a cousin Rosa, Susannah's daughter. Susannah and Henry must have put one of each of their children in a Home whilst sorting themselves out after Henry's wife died in 1869 and themselves getting married in Nov 1871 Thanks. Two more to find now Need to go back to work now , back this evening

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 31 Oct 2005 13:48

I don't like to suggest this, but might Henry have been at sea, with his son? If they were on a fishing smack off the coast, they may have escaped the net of the census.

babs123

babs123 Report 31 Oct 2005 16:11

Yes, I had thought that myself, but having caught him in port on 1881 census hoped I'd do the same with this one. However I'm thrilled to have found Julia, adds a little more flesh to the story as it were. Thank you so much, made my day and I can do with that at the moment. Kat