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Title: 1871 census pls
Post by: gypandme on Wednesday 31 December 08 01:24 GMT (UK)
looking for christopher gowland and his wife mary rose
christopher d before 1881
had issue ruth b 1866 penshaw or pensher
christopher b 1877
and isabella born 1868
probably res in the belmont area
thanx
gypandme
Title: Re: 1871 census pls
Post by: daval57 on Wednesday 31 December 08 03:57 GMT (UK)
Think this might be them.  :-\

Seaham Harbour, Dowden
(I can't read Street name)

Christopher Gowland    28  Head  Durham, England
Rosanna Gowland    29  wife  Durham, England
Mary A Gowland    8  Seaham Harbour
Ruth E Gowland    5  Pensher
Isacc A Gowland    3  Pensher
Christopher Gowland    8 months  Seaham Harbour
   
RG10; Piece: 4973; Folio: 52; Page: 97
Title: Re: 1871 census pls
Post by: Ecneps on Wednesday 31 December 08 10:17 GMT (UK)
The enumeration sheet is clearer and gives the address as Marlborough Street, Dawdon

Marriage registration:
Mar 1862  Easington    10a   325
Gowland  Christopher    Liddell  Rosanna   

     
Barbara
 :)
Title: Re: 1871 census pls
Post by: daval57 on Wednesday 31 December 08 12:59 GMT (UK)
Barbara,
Where would I find that info?  I've not been using Ancestry that long.
Dave
Title: Re: 1871 census pls
Post by: Ecneps on Wednesday 31 December 08 14:43 GMT (UK)
Hi  Dave,

When you're looking at the census image, for example in this 1871 census for Christopher Gowland, at the top of the page you'll see "1871 census - Durham - Dawdon - District 11", click on Dawdon and up comes the index for the Dawdon enumeration districts, clicking on 'District 11' would take you back to the image, but clicking on 'view description of enumeration district' next to that takes you to the enumeration sheet describing all the streets etc covered.  Sometimes written in a different hand and sometimes easier to read than the census page, though not always!

From the first search page, instead of entering a name, on the right side of the page under 'Historical Records' you can also click on "UK census collection", scroll down that page to any particular census year, then scroll down to the county you want, then the town, that brings up similar enumeration pages, sometimes useful for searching by address.

Hope this helps (let me know if not clear!)
Barbara
 :)
Title: Re: 1871 census pls
Post by: daval57 on Wednesday 31 December 08 15:03 GMT (UK)
That's great Barbara, thanks.  And it's very clear.  I'll bookmark this though until I get used to it.
Dave

 :)