Thread: Another HOWSON Conundrum

Hi Guys



Last night I was looking on Ancestry and found the WW1 Service Records for a Benjamin HOWSON brn c1892 Sheffield. As my Gt Gt Gramps & Gt Gt Gt Gramps have the same name I thought I would have a nosey at the records.......



lo and behold....I believe that he IS part of my family



Although I don't have the "certs to prove" this is my conclusion:

Benjamin (1892) enlisted in 1912 giving his Next of Kin as Mother Sarah HOWSON and brothers George & Thomas. Sarah was residing at 115 Scotland Street Sheffield.



Sarah Howson was on the 1901 at 34 Snow Lane with her daughter & S-i-L Charlotte & Walter Lowery. She also ( amongst others) had sons called George & Thomas



Walter Lowery was listed in the Whites Directory 1911 as residing at.....115 Scotland Street D



Everything ties in......EXCEPT...I can find no trace of Benjamin on the 1901 census....bearing in mind he would only have been c 9 years old



I have posted on another forum and also searched myself....cannot find him



I tried searching for a benjamin born c1892 Sheffield and no surname...but nothing showed up



Any ideas?? help?? another way of pinning him down?



Thanks in advance



Loz

Sorry Lozzie, all I can find is his birth ..Mar q 1892 9c 514 Sheffield.

Thanks Light lol



His Birth registration is there, his marriage in 1914 and his service records from 1912 - 1919



He was probably camping out with his mates on census night



Loz