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well we always knew he was 20yrs older would he realy get away with
knocking another 16 yrs off
jim

Well, good reason for shaving a few years off. ;)

As it was, he was already a good bit older, though?

Otherwise I might have suggested checking for *younger* options - since your mum might not have wanted to look like she had a toy boy. ;)

hi evie
i know its just so dissapointing but if i go with the 1 that keeps coming up
he wou;ld be 36 yrs older than my mom
jim

And I meant to say - the age on his death cert is the only thing you have to go on, but you still have to take it with a grain of salt. That means not rejecting possibilities out of hand because they don't match the death cert, when the death cert is the one that might be wrong.

Well Jim, before you said Sunderland, I did tell you how to *find out* which parts of the census weren't included yet ...

thanks shirley
been there and done it
the site has not got durham yet
thanks jim

sorry had a visitor,!!
go to www.1911census.co.uk you buy the units on the site with a credit or debit card

thanks diddydoris
i,m new to all this and unless someone tells you.
you don,t know
jim

If he is from Sunderland and was still living there in 1911, the Durham census has yet to be put online.

HI EVIE
Yes i konw that but it,s the only thing i have to go on i can,t find mar/birth for this guy
The person that gave his age at the time was my mom and i know they never married, i have been looking for three yrs now and think it time to give up but i will check out 1911 census 1st
once again
many thanks jim

Oh, btw ... my grandfather's death would also have been under the wrong name if he'd died before he retired. His name was actually quite different from what he'd thought it was for 65 years ...

Jim, an age stated on a death cert is not proof of anything.

It is just whatever the person who reported the death happened to think.

If my grandfather had died in 1960, his age on his death certificate would have been wrong. He didn't retire until a few years later, and that was when he had to get his birth certificate, and found out he wasn't as old as he'd thought he was all his life.

His middle name may not have been used when his birth was registered.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TRYING FOR ME
JIM

i belive he was born in sunderland
jim

Lesley is right there is only the one

hi evie
i,m takeing his age form his death cert he died in 1960 aged 64 he died in birmingham, so in 1911 he would be 14/15
i found 1 on the 1891 census but he is to old the ones from 1895/6/7
do not have a middle name
jim

Jim

This is the ONLY James Peter Nicholson birth from 1837 to 1901.....

Lesley

This is 1901 for the one whose birth has been posted for you

Is this the person you seek? Or not?

Name: James Peter Nicholson
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William H
Mother's Name: Sarah E
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Everton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Ambrose
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: West Derby
Sub registration district: South Everton
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 197
Household Members: Name Age
William H Nicholson 40
Sarah E Nicholson 36
William H Nicholson 13
George R Nicholson 12
James Peter Nicholson 10
Albert C Nicholson 8
Elizabeth E Nicholson 6
Frederick S Nicholson 4
Sarah E Nicholson 2
Jessie Mary Nicholson 8 months

I think the question is: where are you getting the age 14/15 in 1911?

Do you have his birth record?

http://www.freebmd.org.uk

If you can copy it from there, that would be useful. Or are you taking his age from the 1901 census? From a subsequent marriage? death? Not a census I guess, since you say you can't find him there. It very much sounds like the age you have given is not actually accurate.

It's frustrating for people to do searches on the basis of information that turns out to be unconfirmed/inaccurate.

Lesley said that was the closest birth she could find. Is it the wrong one?

Do you have some idea of location? (as already asked, and not answered)
Keep in mind that not all counties are included in what's searchable yet.

http://www.1911census.co.uk/search/tnaform.aspx

Check the drop-down menu for counties and you'll see what is and isn't available.

Do you know who else would have been in his household? a parent, sibling? Put that name or those names in the lines for other members of the household and you may be able to narrow your results to the right one.

lesley
Is this james peter nicholson aged 14/15 in 1911?????
jim