Am I doing something wrong?

[sakman21]

Hi all,

Am pretty new to this game but really enjoying it. I am researching my Mums family names of Black and Aspinall and have started filling out the tree using Ancestry.

Having located the Birth Cert for her father I thought it would be pretty straight forward looking them up on the census records but so far am getting confusing results.

Name: John Harvey Black
DOB: 05/06/1898 - Bootle (54 Moore Street)
Father: Robert James Black
Mother: Annie Black ne Pimblett

(Sourced from Mum)

So far on the 1901 and 1911 I have not found any matches that tie up all the information and as the title suggests - "Am I doing something wrong"?

I appreciate this may be basic stuff but any advice will be greatly received.

Thanks

[MaryA]

Hi and welcome to the forum. You won't be doing anything wrong, just that sometimes it needs a little creative thinking to crack bad transcriptions on some sites.

Robert J Black married Annie Pimblett in 1894 in St Mary's Walton, there might have been another child before John was born. Can your mother remember any siblings? It's often easier to search for a family unit, the more the merrier, than for an individual.

[johnhoul]

Hi Ancestry doesn't always get the name right,1911 John Harvey Black is a John Harry Black,born Bootle parents Robert James and Annie with a few kids, they married at St Mary,Walton on the Hill 1894,do not worry we have all been there when that brickwall gets in the road, best just ask for help,you never know what sites others use that may be of use to you.
John
marriage off lancs bmd.

[simone]

Hi

His baptism is in Liverpool records on Ancestry, John Harvey Black.
bap 3/7/1898 at Bootle, St Leonard. Living at 54 Moore Street.

There is also Emily Annie Black b 15/7/1900 bap 29 Jul 1900, same parents as John Harvey, at St Leonard, address 70 Chelsea Road Litherland. Robert is a Gas worker.

Simone x

[simone]

In 1901 they have been mistranscribed the 'J 'for Robert J has been transcribed as Le

they are at 70 Chelsea Road, Litherland

RG13; Piece: 3449; Folio: 143; Page: 30
Robert Leblack 32 Fireman Gas worker, b Prescot
Annie Leblack 27 b Bootle
John H Leblack 2 b Bootle
Emily A Leblack 3 Months b Bootle
James W Gimblett 33 ( PIMBLETT )b Bootle , brother in law, Painter

welcome to the joys of mistranscription

corrections to Ancestry done

[simone]

as John stated in earlier post

1911 John Harvey Black is a John Harry Black

1911

RG14; Piece: 22345
155 Linacre Road

Robert James Black 42 broker & furniture remover, born Prescot
Annie Black 37 assisting in business, born Bootle
John Harry Black 12 i would say the image says Harvey
Emily Annie Black 10
James Joseph Black 8
George Black 4
Elsie Rose Black 2

[Tina]

Great find Simmo in 1901.
Well done!

Tina

[sakman21]

Thank you all very much. I have been banging my head against a wall for this one for a while. Can't believe some of the mistranscripts.

Hope to be able to return the favour one day.