Can anyone find Mabel? - Genealogists' Forum

Mary from Italy · #1 03-09-09, 08:32

Just tidying up some loose ends, and I have a lady missing on two censuses.

Mabel Constance Mallet, born Nottingham 1874, parents John Thomas Mallet and Elizabeth Hill.

1881 census: at home in Basford, Notts. with parents and siblings
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/D...=&pid=17571711

By the way, can anyone read her father's occupation in 1881? Lace manufacturer and member of ?? Board (sch.? sick?)

1891 census: governess in Yarmouth
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/D...=&pid=23214244

The entire family changed the spelling of their surname from Mallet to Malet around 1899.

1901 census: can't see any sign of her. Her parents, sister Ethel and brother Cuthbert are living in Mitcham, Surrey.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?...c=&pid=4939508
No sign of her other brother, Arnold, who was a bit of a globetrotter (missing between 1881 and 1895, in Australia in 1895-7, England about 1897-1899, Congo about 1899-1907, Singapore after that).
I would guess Mabel's governessing somewhere in England because I haven't found her on any passenger lists.

1911 census: can't see any sign of her. Her parents, sister Ethel and Arnold's wife Margaret are living at Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Arnold is probably in Singapore, and his son Henry Fitzgerald (born in the Congo) is in a household in Exeter (probably a boarding school, although it's not shown as an institution).
Again, I assume Mabel's governessing somewhere in England.

Mabel died in Newport Pagnell, Bucks., in 1915 (I have the death cert); occupation: children's governess. She never married.

Can anyone see her in 1901 or 1911?

If anyone can see Arnold Henry in 1891 that'd be a bonus, but I would guess he may have been abroad somewhere.

Sweetpea · #2 03-09-09, 08:40

Member of Sch Board

School Board??

Mary from Italy · #3 03-09-09, 09:14

Yes, I had thought of that, but I'm not absolutely sure if that's what it says.

Sweetpea · #4 03-09-09, 09:40

I've had a quick rummage in 1901 but haven't spotted her

Perhaps she was abroad with the family she was working for

Mary from Italy · #5 03-09-09, 09:45

That's another possibility, but I've had a good look at incoming and outgoing passenger lists and not found her so far.

Thanks for looking, though.

Mary from Italy · #6 03-09-09, 20:49

Anybody else fancy having a go?

Merry · #7 03-09-09, 20:52

I already did. Do I need to try again????!!!

Oakum Picker · #8 03-09-09, 21:01

I searched this morning with every variable of just two of the following Mabel (both spellings), MALLETT (Soundex), 1874+/-2, Nottinghamshire. Nothing.

JayG · #9 03-09-09, 21:11

Same here, can't spot her either.

Mary from Italy · #10 03-09-09, 21:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merry

I already did. Do I need to try again????!!!

I'll let you off, then

Thanks, everyone - at least that means I'm not missing something obvious.