The Charles Douglas Kingsley Seaver Family in the 1921 Census of England & Wales

 One of the 1921 Census of England & Wales entries that I have accessed is that of Charles Douglas Kingsley Seaver residing in Epsom, Surrey at Linton, Station Road.  Here is the record image:

The source citation for this record is (I found nothing on the Findmypast pages that showed a typical census citation):

The National Archives [U.K.], "1921 Census of England and Wales,", indexed database with record images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 8 January 2021), Surrey, Epsom R.D., Carshalton Sub-District, E.D. 14, Record Group 15, Piece 3079, Schedule No. 165, Charles Douglas Kingsley Seaver household.

[Note:  I'm not sure I included everything correctly - this is a "Census, England, Wales" template citation in RootsMagic 8.]

The household members are (using a separate line for each item for each person):

a)  Person 1:

* Name and surname:   Charles Douglas Kingsley Seaver
* Relationship to head of household:  Head
* Age:  34 years, 1 month
* Sex: Male
* Marriage or Orphanhood:  Married
* Birthplace and Nationality:  Ramsgate, Kent
* Personal Occupation:   Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps.
* Employment:  State (Regular Army)
* Place of work:  Ram. College, Grosvenor Rd., London S.W.
* Number and ages of all living children under 18:  3 -- ages 1, 3, 7

b)  Person 2:

* Name and surname:  Seward Douglas Whitchurch Seaver
* Relationship to head of household:  Son
* Age:  7 years, 3 months
* Sex:  Male
* Marriage or Orphanhood:  both alive
* Birthplace and Nationality:  Tullumduc, Punjab, India, British born
* Personal Occupation:  Part-time at school
* Employment:
* Place of work:
* Number and ages of all living children under 18:

c)  Person 3:

 

* Name and surname:   Charles Henry Lloyd Seaver
* Relationship to head of household:  Son
* Age:  3 years, 8 months
* Sex:  Male
* Marriage or Orphanhood:  both alive
* Birthplace and Nationality:  Dagshai, Punjab, India, British born
* Personal Occupation:
* Employment:
* Place of work:
* Number and ages of all living children under 18:

d)  Person 4:  

* Name and surname: Kathleen Fetherston
* Relationship to head of household:  Visitor
* Age:  27 years, 9 months
* Sex:  Female
* Marriage or Orphanhood:  Single
* Birthplace and Nationality:  Annaghmore, County Leitrim
* Personal Occupation:  Nursing sister
* Employment:  Own account
* Place of work:  88 Ranelagh Road, Dublin
* Number and ages of all living children under 18:

e)  Person 5:

* Name and surname:  Gladys Gorman
* Relationship to head of household:  Servant
* Age:  25 years, 1 month
* Sex:  Female
* Marriage or Orphanhood:  Single
* Birthplace and Nationality:  Toronto, Canada, resident
* Personal Occupation:  Governess
* Employment:  Private
* Place of work:  Linton, Station Road, Belmont, Surrey
* Number and ages of all living children under 18:

In the upper right-hand corner of the page is the Schedule number:  165

In the lower right-hand corner of the page is the signature of the person responsible for making the return:  D.K. Seaver, Capt., RamC

The most interesting information is the lack of a wife and the on-year old child.  Charles D.K. Seaver married Frances Mildred Courtney Fetherston (born about 1891 in Ireland) in about 1911, probably in Ireland.  The Marriage column says that Captain Seaver is married, and the Living child information says that there is a 1-year old child living, but neither Frances or the 1-year old child (named Richard Gordon Seaver) are in the 1921 census.  Perhaps Frances took her baby to Ireland to see her family there.  

Knowing that Frances Fetherston is the wife of Captain Seaver, it is obvious that Kathleen Fetherston is probably Frances' sister, and is a "nursing sister" - whatever that means?  Nursing the 3-year old and/or the 1-year old?  Captain Seaver also has a servant, Gladys Gorman from Canada who is a governess to the children.  

I think I have wrung all of the information from this census entry.  Or did I miss something?

There were several centers of Seaver families in pre-1921 Ireland.  Charles Douglas Kingsley Seaver was probably born in Newry, County Down, in what is now Northern Ireland, on 25 May 1887 to Richard Whitchurch and Lilian (Douglas) Seaver, and is a descendant of a line of Seavers dating back into the 1600s.  

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