Person:Adolphus Scriven (1)

Adolphus Scriven was born in 1841 and baptised on 4th April 1841 at Crewkerne in Somerset, son of Mary Scriven, formerly Hutchings, and her husband William Scriven, a cordwainer (shoe maker). Adolphus appears in the 1841 census living with his parents, siblings (who were half siblings from his father's first marriage) and paternal grandmother at West Street in Crewkerne.

Adolphus' mother died in 1844, when Adolphus was only three years old. He appears in the 1851 census living with his grandmother and half siblings at the Castle Inn in Crewkerne. His father was away from home on census night, but appears again in the 1861 census back at the Castle Inn, where he was by this time the innkeeper. By 1861 Adolphus was working as a cooper.

No further positive sightings have been found of Adolphus after the 1861 census. There was an Adolphus Scriven who was a carpenter of about the right age who may have sailed from London to Sydney in 1898, but if this is him, where was he between 1861 and 1898?

1.   Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Adolphus SCRIVEN, March Quarter 1841, Chard Registration District, Volume 10, page 382

2. ↑ Crewkerne (St Bartholomew) baptisms, in United Kingdom. FreeREG Parish Register Transcripts and Indexes. (Free UK Genealogy).

   ch. 4 Apr 1841: Adolphus / William & Mary / SCRIVEN / Crewkerne / Shoemaker

3. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 940; Book 3; Folio 45; Page 23, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: West Street, Crewkerne, Somerset
   William Scriven, male, 35 [1801-6], Shoe M., born in county
   Mary Scriven, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Eliza Scriven, 6 [1834/5], born in county
   Joseph Scriven, male, 4 [1836/7], born in county
   Mary Scriven, female, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   Adolphus Scriven, male, 3m [1841], born in county
   Hannah Scriven, female, 50 [1786-91], born in county
   George Newberry, male, 20 [1816-21], Harness maker, born in county
   Mary Hutchings, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county

4. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1928; Folio 402; Page 7, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Castle Inn, Chard Road, Crewkerne, Somerset
   George Holman, head, married, male, 30 [1820/1], Gas Man (Lab.), b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Anna Scriven, housekeeper, unmarried, female, 62 [1788/9], Domestic Servant, b. Misterton, Somerset
   Eliza Scriven daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1834/5], Shoe Binder, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Joseph Scriven, son, male, 14 [1836/7], Shoemakers Appr, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Adolphus Scriven, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Crewkerne, Somerset

5. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1637; Folio 71; Page 2, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Castle Inn, West Street
   William Scriven, head, married, male, 56 [1804/5], Innkeeper, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Joseph Scriven, son, unmarried, male, 25 [1835/6], Butcher, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Adolphus Scriven, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1840/1], Cooper, b. Crewkerne, Somerset

6.   United Kingdom. Outbound Passenger Lists.

   Ship: Oroya, London - Sydney, departing 9 Dec 1898
   Adophus Scriven, Carpenter, married male 62 [1837/8] (entry crossed out)