Missing child

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Well it is a good job i have got some time off because i have been glued to this computer for a few days now. I should never have looked at the 1911 census!

When the census came out first i had no trouble finding my grandmother's family in Wiltshire. After all the village of Alvediston was small and unusual enough for them all to still be there, and easily recognisable. Now my grandfather's family were another thing. For some reason it has taken me ages to find them. It didnt help that there were loads of 'Martin's' in London, many of them concentrated in the Mile End area! I wasted so much money by randomly clicking on names i thought would be my grandfather, or someone in his family, until i got really annoyed with the 1911 site and left it alone. Having a few weeks off has enabled me to go back with 'fresh eyes' and on a whim i simply put in thre initial of my grandfather rather than his whole name. I couldnt believe it when i found him almost straight away. I did a double check by typing in initials of the other family members and was able to pin point everyone. I have no idea why i didnt think of that first, but i suppose it was because all the other censuses used full christian names.

Anyway, interestingly enough i found out that seven children had been born alive but one had died. I never knew that and dont think my grandfather knew either, as no one has ever mentioned it. There is no easy way of finding this child. I have searched births and deaths in the area they lived in by the surname Martin, (have you any idea how many children died, let alone adults!), and am narrowing it down again by looking at the years between when the other children were born. I have even considered twins and that one died. Now i am concentrating my search on a four year gap between the last two children named on that census. All the other children, even after the 1911 census, were born roughly two years apart so maybe the missing child was born during that time? Short of sending away for certificates, or paying a researcher to look up records, i cant see any way of finding out who the parents were of any child that died in that time span.

If anyone has any ideas i would be greatful. I have posted a question in the forum but cant think what else to do.......

carla