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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: ali. on Friday 29 November 24 16:10 GMT (UK)
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Hi all,
What might this place of birth be on the 1851 Census? The one above the red line. This census was taken in Warrington, Lancashire/Cheshire. The other birthplaces beneath his are "Wales", and "Lancashire, Warrington"
One transcription has it as "Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire" which I'm not sure I believe.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
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Have you found this person on other census records please? Or a baptism or marriage?
Just wondering if the birth place is clearer - although I don't expect you would be asking if you had found them previously!
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Could you please give us the name of the person and the reference, sometimes it has been copied clearer on other sites
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Have you found this person on other census records please? Or a baptism or marriage?
Just wondering if the birth place is clearer - although I don't expect you would be asking if you had found them previously!
Sadly not. His name is Joseph Williamson and only appears to my knowledge in this 1851 census with his wife Mary (from Wales, nee Roberts) and his kids. His approximate date of birth from the census is 1795.
His wife appears on the 1841 census in Warrington (address is "back of brick street") but I've never found him on it, and it seems he dies in 1857 so no more later censuses sadly! He marries in St Elphins, Warrington in 1820, but no birthplace given.
Could you please give us the name of the person and the reference, sometimes it has been copied clearer on other sites
The transcription/reference on Ancestry for the census is here if it helps:
Name Joseph Williamson
Age 56
Estimated Birth Year abt 1795
Relation Head
Spouse's Name Mary Williamson
Gender Male
Where born F??lan, Lancashire, England
Civil parish Warrington
Town Warrington
County/Island Lancashire
Country England
Registration district Warrington
Sub-registration district Warrington
ED, institution, or vessel 1o
Neighbors View others on page
Household schedule number 91
Piece 2203
Folio 396
Page number 22
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Could it be “do. Bolton”?
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FindMyPast have transcribed it as Poulton-le-Fylde.
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Have you tried inverting the colour on FindMyPast, Alan could be right with Bolton
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And thegenealogist has it as Preston.
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I had thought it might have been Bolton as the first letter looks like a B to me, I just couldn't find any record at all of a Joseph Williamson in Bolton or Poulton, but I will check Preston as well. Thanks so much for trying to decipher the unexpectedly tough place name lol.
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It is dreadful isn't it!
The last letters look a bit like 'dlar' or dlan' at the moment. But I can't think of anywhere in Lancs ending like that.
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Another vote for Bolton
You can search the gazetteer on Genuki by start or end of word, which can be useful
https://www.genuki.org.uk/gazetteer
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Hi all,
What might this place of birth be on the 1851 Census? The one above the red line. This census was taken in Warrington, Lancashire/Cheshire. The other birthplaces beneath his are "Wales", and "Lancashire, Warrington"
One transcription has it as "Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire" which I'm not sure I believe.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
After comparing the 'a' and 'o' in "labourer" I think it may actually be 'Barton' rather than 'Bolton'. The 'a' in "labourer" has the same hard upper stroke on the right-side that it does on the second letter of the place name.