I've just found my gran in the 1911 census after more or less giving up hope of finding her. Her mum, my great grandmother died in 1904 and her dad, my great grandfather died six years later in 1910. He literally coughed himself to death!. The supposition was that she went to live with one of her older siblings, but I traced them all and there was no sign of my gran living with any of them. I tried all the ususal variations associated with the name SANBY, and believe me there are a few, and still no success. It was a mystery.
But a relation of mine found her working as a 17 year old general domestic servant at a pawnbrokers shop in Attercliffe. And her surname was LANBY
1911 Census Record
Name Rose Lanby
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition Single Gender F
Age 17 Estimated Year of Birth 1894
Occupation General Servant Domestic
Employed Yes Working at Home No
Place of Birth Yorks Sheffield
Enumerator Information
Address Attercliffe Road Attercliffe Sheffield Parish Sheffield Town Attercliffe Sheffield
Type of Building 3 Shops
Number of Rooms Five
Inhabited Yes
Reference RG14PN28000 RG78PN1600 RD510 SD7 ED12 SN258
Administrative County Yorkshire (West Riding) Registration District Sheffield
Registration Sub District Attercliffe Enumeration District 12
This was due to a transcription error but that is no surprise. The head of the householder (the pawnbroker) completed the form but his writing is difficult to decipher which I suppose was an asset in his profession, but it certainly has wasted a few hours of my life!
And now I've got to get some more information about the owner and his shop once I can find his name out.
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