Trawling through pages of records is no easy task when your ancestors have such common names as mine had. Fortunately, I had Pearl's address from when she married and also when she died. That helped a little. By looking at the census records I was able to find a couple of likely start points for Pearl - using her real name, obviously - and by adding in the names of aunties and uncles I was able to find her eventually.
Much harder to find was my grandad. Another very common surname - crikey! Nothing is easy is it!
After looking at dozens of records for Sam (likely Samson or Samuel according to mum) my conclusion is that he was born out of town and made his way to Pearl's birthplace to find work.
One intriguing 1901 census entry puts a likely Samuel in the workhouse. Tracking this particular Sam to 1911 census then seems to lead to the same area as Pearl and her mother. He shows up on this census as being in lodgings just a few hundred yards from them.
This is the Sam I will pursue!
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