If at first you don’t succeed……

17th January 2026

In this our last post in the series around the 1921 census Claire gives an example of how things are not always as you’d expect and the need to be tenacious:

I was looking for my grandfather Albert Leslie Trussler born 1899 in Surrey. You would expect with a name like that it would be an easy find, but NO! I tried all sorts of derivatives, then taking out middle names, using initials etc., but all in vain. I even tried to find him through his mothers name, Alice Maud Trussler, as we thought there would be fewer options to go through. Alas, nothing!

Eventually I decided to try Alice Maud Tru* plus Surrey in the hope that this wouldn’t produce too many entries to wade through. Success at last! There they were, the whole family listed as Truesster.

Copy of the 1921 census that includes the Trussler family.

Crown copyright

As with much in family history it just goes to show that it’s worth persevering!

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