Great post Steve and thanks.

Anna and I welcome you to POE but whilst doing so respectfully suggest you go to 'User Introductions' to tell the members a little about yourself (although from your post I guess we get a good idea) lol

Anyway, why not get the warm POE welcome from the members by doing so?

Thanks Ron, will do

We have started more research and Gordon Cerniglia is now in touch with me and wiith his cousin who lives near him in New York State. I have questions I will put in the introduction section.

Steve Cavell

it would be interesting to find a link with Nurse Edith  Cavell who was born in Swardeston Norfolk and interred in the grounds of Norwich Cathedral, I shall be watching developements here.

Peggy - Findmypast have quite good copies of the actual forms completed by the occupants of the premises for 1911 and you can "pay to view" if you want to.  Which means you wouldn't have to take out a subscription.

However, they do have all the census forms from 1841 - 1911 and it is quite easy system to use!

The 1881 census is free - which is why you probably keep going back to it! 

Just a quick update and amaybe someting will shake loose somehow.

Gordon Cerniglia has caught up with some other relatives who live near him in New York State and some of them had met beore withiut knowing they were related.

The UK root is still Alfred Lewis Cavell, born in Ramsgate (or nearby) either in 1869 or 1871. He came to Canada sometime with an uncle. The uncle's family still lives in Montreal and the are East of it where they originally settled.

My great grandfather is still a mystery though.... I will be in Ramsgate for a few days starting Tuesday and hope to poke around some churches and maybe a historical society to see if I can find anything.  Thanks for the help above.

Steve Cavell

Good luck, hope you find everything that you are looking for Steve.

All the best Anna and Ron!

Thank you for the kind wishes.  I don't expect to find much but do expect to have some fun and complete one item on my bucket list (see Ramsgate)

My great grandfather is a mystery.  My brother in law has apparently done abunch of research and is on a Rootsweb site.  His research has my great grandfather at Stephen Alfred Cavell and born in Ramsgate in 1872. He lists his father as Horatio....

My great grandfather enlisted in the Canadian army in WW 1 as Alfred Cavell born Jan 3, 1869 in Ramsgate

Marriage records via this site have his name as Alfred Lewis Cavell and sonewhere one of my other relatives has his birthdate as December 25, 1871

My Mom always told me the old boy was named Stephen Alfred, that his mother was Elizabeth ...

So I guess I will look in old churches in Ramsgate

Cheers and thanks

Steve

Can't wait to hear if you find anything, Steve. 

If your a praying man, I'd do a bit of that. The good Lord would help you for sure.