Did he emigrate??

I have been ill just of late with a flu bug, but just before I got that I started going through and tidying up my family tree mess, before meeting a sixth cousin at the end of April!!

SO i returned to Mary Emery, she has proved quite elusive as her place and indeed date of birth seems to have changed by each decade looking at the census reports!!!

Anyway I sought advice and others on forums seemed to agree that the one I have had in my GRO basket was the birth certificate I should be ordering, so I have - that and three others to get the ball rolling again.

The Garnett and Almack side is about done now - apart from a few death dates and some "filling in" I am hoping to research further back when Sam has gone to school, but for now I think I will concentrate on other branches.

That said - Barbara (my sixth cousin) asked me where we thought Francis Ward almack had dissappeared to. His family can and have been found in 1891 and 1901, his wife Mary (Emery!!) lists herself as being married - not a widow, there are no deaths I or Barabara can find of Thomas around then - so where did he go.

Well this weekend I have asked and searched, and I really do think he emigrated to Canada and later his youngest son Thomas Almack went out too. I am still collecting data on this, and there is quite a lot that is available to me. But I have to ask if it is MY Francis Almack - WHY did he go, why would he leave his young children to emigrate??? Were they all going to follow him?? What happened???

More later