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Albert Stagg help re 100 year old family mystery!

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Sep 2014 15:54

People used to be under the impression that if someone was missing for seven years then they could be presumed dead and the surviving spouse could remarry

If you haven't found his death then it looks like she remarried under that presumption

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Cathryn

Cathryn Report 20 Sep 2014 15:19

Hello all
I’ve only been doing research for two months and have already made some startling discoveries but I am asking for your help/advice regarding my great grandfather Albert Stagg born c1876 in Yeovil district, Somerset (Parents Louisa and James Stagg).
** Albert was blind from birth **
The family moved from Martock, Somerset and Albert was baptised in Cardiff in 1879.
In the 1881 census he listed at Bertram Street, Cardiff.
On the 1901 census, Albert aged 24 is listed with his family in 162 Portmanmoor Road, Cardiff and his occupation listed as a newsagent. The family ran a shop there for many years.
He married my great grandmother Elizabeth Cash in Cardiff in 1905 and they had two sons, Albert Edward in 1906 and Ernest James in 1908.
The rumour in the family was that Albert had a lot of gambling debt and vanished.
By 1910 Elizabeth and her sons are listed as paupers with a note next to the entry stating ‘husband away’ (I have seen the book in the local archives).
The following year she is listed on the census with her sons in Lyndhurst Street, Cardiff and the pauper book records that she has been deserted.
Shortly after, Elizabeth and her sons become inmates in Cardiff Workhouse.
No-one in the family ever saw or heard of Albert again.
In 1918 Elizabeth remarries and on this certificate she is listed as widow.
So far, I cannot find any death for Albert and I would dearly like to find out what happened to him.
I cannot find him on the 1911 census.
I have checked the passenger lists for ships but don’t believe any of the possibilities are likely.
Another family member contacted the Blind Institute in Cardiff in case they held any info but they stated their records were destroyed.
I have also tried searching local archived papers, with no joy.
I am waiting for his birth certificate but not sure if that will provide any additional details that would assist.
Does anyone have any ideas if there is anything else I can check?
Any advice would be most welcome.
Regards
Cath

Researching:
Stagg from Cardiff and Martock, Somerset, Cash and Rogers from Chirk, North Wales. Andrews and Lee from Tunbridge Wells. Griffiths from Bristol.

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