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Hi ,i believe a "missing relative may have been sent to this place sometime before 1911.No trace in marriage or death records has ever been found even checked First world war records .My question is could he have died there and would records exist to prove his time there.His name was Thomas Sinclair Burdon b.1884 Southwick Sunderland.Family folklore says he walked out of the family and was never seen again.I wonder what the real truth was ???

Did he witness the marriage of his sister in 1913

Well he can't just 'die' without a trace.

A death must be recorded to be able to dispose of the body properly.

It's possible he changed his name to elude his family, could he have used his mother's maiden name as a surname?

How many places have you looked?


Tracey x

he was at home in 1901
BURDON, John W Head Married M 45 1856 Painter House
Hartlepool
Durham VIEW
BURDON, Jane Wife Married F 37 1864
Sunderland VIEW
BURDON, Thomas Sinclair Son Single M 16 1885
Sunderland VIEW
BURDON, Treser Alice Daughter Single F 7 1894
Sunderland VIEW
BURDON, John W Son Single M 2 1899
Easington Lane
Durham VIEW
Piece:
4709 Folio:
122 Page:
15 Registration District:
Sunderland

Civil Parish:
Sunderland Municipal Borough:
Address:
17, Wilson Street, Sunderland County:
Durham

Already checked the 1911 and he was not home with his parents

I have a copy of his sisters marriage in 1913 and he was not a witness i have also checked the possibility that he used his mothers maiden name and other alias's but none seem to get me any closer !!

hi dennis
just looked at cencus and thomas and brother joseph were wrote on the cencus then a line put across them 4 other children were added it states they had 8 children 3 had died it states thomas was single no trade so still alive at that time.there was something wrote in end colume but cannot read it

Caroline - I've seen a number of instances where parents have written the names of deceased children onto the census forms. This could be one of those.

The other line crossed out looks like twins age 0.

Perhaps the crossed out lines ARE those that died?

Also, people who were in hospitals were usually still recorded on census.

I found joseph he was down on cencus as soldier he was in north shields sapper royal engineers so i think in this case they were alive.

I have no theory... just posting this while I think about it !

Deaths Sep 1887 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Burdon Thomas Sinclair -29 - Hartlepool 10a 67

What is written in the end column of the 1911 for Tjomas Sinclair is just the end of the word Sunderland ..... whoever filled out the census (presumably father0 spread out his birth place over 2 columns.


so nothing of interest to it.





sylvia

Dennis


it was common for people in hospital, especially an asylum, to be indicated only by their initials ............ it preserved privacy.


Have you searched under his initials?




sylvia

In the end colume16 are the words all rete most of the words on the cencus was spelt wrong so could mean anything.

removed ....... because of error



sylvia

Hi Sylivia, thanks for your comments and thoughts on this.I think you,ve got your column's mixed up.16 is the Infirmity column(just released)I agree with Caroline it looks like "all rite" which is the geordie pronounciation of all right.

Caroline


I apologise most humbly


I did not run far enough along the ancestry census image to see that the white strip had not been removed.


allotment very kindly forward the image of what you were seeing ......... and ti does indeed look like Rete


all reet was a phrase used in Lancashire and Yorkshire to mean "all right"

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sylvia

interested in your views on thomas column 11 entry looks like gasman to me ?

agreed but entry still there. what a mess he made of his form !!!!

I thought it looked like gardener.

could be gardener can't see the "d" but with his spelling its a possibility