1901 cenus

[sazzy]

evening all,i'm trying to trace a soldier i know his name,rank ,reg,enlistment date,discharge date etc etc.. i don't know where he enlisted so can't narrow down where he was from,he joined the 2/argyll and sutherland highlanders on 4/4/13.I worked out his approx age to try and find him -(william carter 1192) on the 1901 cenus but unfortually it returned over 300 hits is there any way i can narrow it down i'm at a dead end in following william's story untill i find out were he was born(i hoped this would allow me to find out more about his life before and after the war )

any ideas sarah

[sotonmate]

Sarah

Another piece of info. offerred is on WO372/4 Medal Rolls.

William Carter had 2 Regiments:

Private 1192 2nd Argyll and Sutherlands,and,

Private 86390 Royal Engineers

Image reference 749051/6620

Sotonmate

[sazzy]

Sarah

Another piece of info. offerred is on WO372/4 Medal Rolls.

William Carter had 2 Regiments:

Private 1192 2nd Argyll and Sutherlands,and,

Private 86390 Royal Engineers

Image reference 749051/6620

Sotonmate

thanks i has realised i have a copy pf both medal cards

regards sarah

[chaz]

2 of them in the highlanders??

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...amp;querytype=1

presumably the Private not the promoted one?

do an advanced search but with his theoretical birth year and narrow down +or- 2 years, I tried Scotland but only got 9 results all over 20 in 1901 so thats not an option.

[sazzy]

2 of them in the highlanders??

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...amp;querytype=1

presumably the Private not the promoted one?

do an advanced search but with his theoretical birth year and narrow down +or- 2 years, I tried Scotland but only got 9 results all over 20 in 1901 so thats not an option.

thanks I have Williams medal cards but have hit a brick wall as i don't know where he was born or his age to research his life futher.

kind regards

sarah

[chaz]

if you have service numbers then probably the easiest thing to do is check for his attestation papers, maybe in the regimental museum or someone at Kew. should have born , resided and enlisted on them along with at least one parents name.

regarding narrowing a 1901 census search the presumption is made that 1901 is 13 years before the start of ww1 so someone would have had to have been at least 3 years old (ok there are 14 and 15 year old recorded) at the outbreak, then discount say those over 33 in 1901 (46 in 1914) this gives a narrower band of between 3 and 33 to work at.

for a fee of around £25 each the Army records will do a search as well. or you could try our leader Chris and his site if you would rather pay someone else to do the running around, as they know what they are looking for.

[dycer]

Sarah,

I take it you cannot get the Register House in Edinburgh?

For £14.00 you can access a PC and look at all Birth,Death and Marriage Certs until quite recently e.g. my Father died 1966 and I found his Death Cert.

If you have a date of death.Is there no date of birth,age on it that can allow you to trace back?

Also be careful with Surname spellings.They were quite fluid back then.My Grandfather had a bit of difficulty deciding whether his Surname had 1 or 2 Ns in it which I found to be a "real joy" when I tried to find some Birth Certs in Edinburgh.

George

p.s. I'm assuming you live in the UK but appreciate this is an International Forum!

[sazzy]

if you have service numbers then probably the easiest thing to do is check for his attestation papers, maybe in the regimental museum or someone at Kew. should have born , resided and enlisted on them along with at least one parents name.

regarding narrowing a 1901 census search the presumption is made that 1901 is 13 years before the start of ww1 so someone would have had to have been at least 3 years old (ok there are 14 and 15 year old recorded) at the outbreak, then discount say those over 33 in 1901 (46 in 1914) this gives a narrower band of between 3 and 33 to work at.

for a fee of around £25 each the Army records will do a search as well. or you could try our leader Chris and his site if you would rather pay someone else to do the running around, as they know what they are looking for.

hi

what are 'attestation' papers are they avaible on line if not what would i ask for to order them?i have been in touch with regimental museum they found william carter he was sent home after contacting dysentry in 1914 but the records showed nothing else!

thanks for your time

sarah