Genealogy Forum UK

In the census of 1901 James and Elizabeth Ormerod of Blackburn have a son called Tom age 18 ,( he was actually born in 1882) , but he does not appear on the 1891 census with his parents , they are clearly listed , he would be only 9 years old , he wasnt adopted because i've found his birth reference which matches his mother's maiden name

any ideas?

poss with a granparent or other family or hospital ?

watters2831 wrote:In the census of 1901 James and Elizabeth Ormerod of Blackburn have a son called Tom age 18 ,( he was actually born in 1882) , but he does not appear on the 1891 census with his parents , they are clearly listed , he would be only 9 years old , he wasnt adopted because i've found his birth reference which matches his mother's maiden name

any ideas?

What was his mother's maiden name -- was he recorded under that ??

Could this be him:
1891 Census: 236 Bolton Rd. Blackburn
John HOUGHTON hd. widr. 74 b. Lower Darwen, Lancs
Alice HOUGHTON dau. Sing. 49 Cotton Weaver b. Lower Darwen.
Thomas ORMEROD Grandson 8 b. Lower Darwen.

Ancestry 1882 Blackburn, Lancs.
Marriages:
Mary Duxbury
ELIZABETH HOUGHTON
Edward Lee
JAMES ORMEROD.

sparkstopper wrote:Could this be him:
1891 Census: 236 Bolton Rd. Blackburn
John HOUGHTON hd. widr. 74 b. Lower Darwen, Lancs
Alice HOUGHTON dau. Sing. 49 Cotton Weaver b. Lower Darwen.
Thomas ORMEROD Grandson 8 b. Lower Darwen.

If it is him, this could be mother??


1871 Ewood, Lower Darwen.
John HOUGHTON hd.53 Weaver b. Walton le Dale.
Betty HOUGHTON wife 52
Alice HOUGHTON dau. 29 Weaver b.Livesey
ELIZABETH HOUGHTON dau. 22 Weaver b. Lower Darwen.
Thomas HOUGHTON son 18 Weaver b. Lower Darwen.

thats it !! thanks james ormerod married elizabeth houghton in the first quarter of 1882 , thomas was born in the 2nd quarter i wonder why he was living with the grandparents

watters2831 wrote: i wonder why he was living with the grandparents

He might just have been visiting for a night or two... to give his mother a rest? Or help out at his grandparents? Or just for a visit?

236 bolton rd blackburn is right opposite the blackburn rovers football ground , on march 21st 1891 blackburn rovers won the f a cup final and the census took place on 5th april , i wonder if the young thomas ormerod was a supporter of blackburn rovers and stayed at his grandparents house while there was some kind of victory parade or something

edit : england played scotland at blackburns ground april 6th 1891

what a detective we have at large!