a couple of data points that subscriber access to FindMyPast could facilitate on author A A Milne's uncle

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Two areas for significant qualitiative improvement for this profile:

1. 1891 census for Hastings Holy Trinity, Sussex Alexr (sic) Alexander Milne (40), single, is reported as having been born in Jamaica (all other census records say Baldock, Hertfordshire, but his parents did travel to Jamaica and he has siblings born/christened there), a teacher and at this time, servant to an unspecified head of household.

Citation: "England and Wales Census, 1891," FamilySearch: indexed 3 May 2019, Alexr. Milne, Hastings, Sussex, England, UK; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," www.findmypast.com: citing PRO RG 12, p. 62, Piece/Folio 763/34, Sussex county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

2. The uncertain death date derives from an archive that only lists than an obituary was made, and therefore remains speculative. FindMyPast users may be able to obtain more information on the archival image which might facilitate ruling in or out the match.

"British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," FamilySearch: indexed 19 Apr 2019, Alexander Milne, UK; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 7 Sep 1934, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm.

It's been an interesting journey to tease out some tibdbits in the family surrounding A A Milne. Some census records were available, but had not yet been matched, and in the case of the record on item 1, no one had found it because of the variation in the name and the mismatch on the birthplace.

It seems that more often, FamilySearch in cooperation with FindMyPast is obscuring some data on additional household members, placing it behind a paywall. Of course, it could also be the case that the person that this Alexander was a servant to is still alive, but that doesn't seem too likely given the assumption that they would in all likelihood have been an adult before 1891.

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First name(s) Alexander

Last name Milne

Relationship Head

Marital status Married

Sex Male

Age 50

Birth year 1851

Birth town Baldock

Birth town as transcribed BALDOCK

Birth place England

Birth place other as transcribed -

Birth county Hertfordshire

Birth county as transcribed HERTFORDSHIRE

Occupation Principal Of Boy's Private

House name University School

House number -

Street Holmesdale Gardens

Town Hastings

Parish Hastings Holy Trinity

Country England

County Sussex

Municipal ward Holy Trinity

Registration district Hastings

Other household member first name(s) -

Other household member last name -

Archive reference RG13

Piece number 868

Folio 31

Page 22

Record set 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Category Census, land & surveys

Subcategory Census

Collections from Great Britain, England

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William Milne Head Married Male 35 1816 Independent Minister M A Scotland

Harriet Newell Milne Wife Married Female 30 1821 Governess Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

John Vine Milne Son - Male 6 1845 Scholar At Home West Indies

Robert Milne Son - Male 2 1849 Scholar At Home West Indies

Alexander Milne Son - Male 0 1851 - Baldock, Hertfordshire, England

Eliza Watts Servant Unmarried Female 18 1833 House Servt Newnham, Hertfordshire, 

First name(s) Alexander

Last name Milne

Relationship Son

Marital status -

Sex Male

Age 0

Birth year 1851

Occupation -

Birth place England

Birth town Baldock

Birth town as transcribed Baldock

Birth county Hertfordshire

Birth county as transcribed Hertfordshire

Street Norton Street

Town Baldock

Parish Baldock

City -

County Hertfordshire

Hamlet -

Parliamentary borough -

Municipal ward -

Registration district Hitchin

Archive reference HO107

Piece number 1709

Folio 98

Page 15

Record set 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Category Census, land & surveys

Subcategory Census

Collections from Great Britain, England

© brightsolid online publishing ltd

Validation from FindMyPast is primarily needed for the 1891 census year; and, for the obituary to see if it reads as belonging to the profile of interest. Thanks.

Found this on FMP, but it’s 1938, going to check newspapers now.

First name(s) ALEXANDER

Last name MILNE

Gender Male

Birth day -

Birth month -

Birth year 1851

Age 87

Death quarter 3

Death year 1938

District Chelsea

County London

Volume 1A

Page 309

Country England

Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Category Life Events (BDMs)

Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials

Collections from Great Britain, England

(c) brightsolid online publishing ltd

Nothing in 1934 or 1938.

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