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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Norfolk => England => Norfolk Lookup Requests => Topic started by: MichaelofNorwich on Sunday 28 April 13 22:21 BST (UK)
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Hello,
Could someone be a sweetie and give me the details of this fellow?
His name is Thomas Bensley, or Bensly. He is a shoe maker from South Walsham, born in the 1770s. As a point of interest, you'll find him in the baptismal registers of one of the Walsham churches as Benslin. And if I traced his family correctly, his father is a Bensling! He has been a most challenging one to trace. There were quite a few Thomas Bensleys born in the mid seventeenth century.
I'm interested in with where, and with whom he is living. That should nail it down for me. I didn't realise he was still alive by this point until a little while ago.
An 1841 look up would be nice, but not essential.
Many thanks,
Michael
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Hi
1851 census: Norfolk Great Yarmouth , South Street
William B Sayer hd mar 42 Accountant bn. Suffolk Lavenham
Mary wf " 42 " Norfolk Yarmouth
William John son 14 Errand boy " " "
Sarah E dau 13 scholar " "
Frederick son 11 " " "
Henry " 8 " " "
Robert " 5 " " "
Walter " 7m " "
Thomas Bensley father in law 77 widower shoemaker bn Norfolk Walsham
Class HO107 Piece 1806 Folio 215 Page 28.
claire
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Many, many thanks. That's the clincher.
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This census is very faded and hardly legible
1841 census: Norfolk Great Yarmouth , White Lion opening.
Thomas Bensley 65 ?????? bn in county
Elizabeth " ?
Benjamin ?
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Elizabeth 65
Class HO107 Piece 794 Book 2 Parish Yarmouth
claire