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Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1861, 1871 Census - Thompson (Stilton)
« on: Thursday 30 December 10 10:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Yes I saw that one, but that didn't help finding Thomas in other censuses.
I just wondered if there was another one.

Mike

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Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1861, 1871 Census - Thompson (Stilton)
« on: Thursday 30 December 10 07:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

Whilst I tend to agree that B Bellamy is in fact Rachel, the term brother-in-law didn't necessarily have same meaning then as today. He could easily have been married to a sister of Rachel's (he wasn't).

Furthermore, although initial is 'B', doesn't mean forename began with B. She could be a Betty, in which case her forename could have been Elizabeth.

What is puzzling, is why we can't find Thomas Bellamy in other censuses. Does anyone know where Brough Fen is exactly?

With regards Williams daughter, I think this should be Sarah J (not S), and she appears in 1871 and 1881 censuses. As you say, in 1891 she appears as Sarah J Doddridge (widow), with a daughter Jessie.

A Jessie Doddridge was registered 1889 Q4 Chesterfield 7b 763, but there does not appear to be a marriage registered for Sarah around this time. Of course if it was her second marriage, it wouldn't be under Thompson.

I suspect Jessie is illegitimate

Were you aware that William and Rachel had at least two other children, who didn't make it on to the censuses, both dying as infants:

Angelina Chr 25/5/1855, buried 8/4/1855 in Stilton
William Edward Chr 20/9/1857, buried 10/3/1858 in Stilton

Mike

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Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1861, 1871 Census - Thompson (Stilton)
« on: Wednesday 29 December 10 16:17 GMT (UK)  »
Ken

Rachel in 1891 & 1901 does come from Toseland.

I do wonder if the William Thompson we found in 1881 is in fact our William? If as we surmise Rachel didn't die until 1907, we are then missing both William and Rachel in 1881.

If they were staying with someone, i.e. one of their married daughters, they could have been enumerated with the surname of the head of the house in error, or simply mistranscribed.

I'll have a look tomorrow for All Rachel & Williams, of the right age, and see who pops up. One never knows...

Mike

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Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1861, 1871 Census - Thompson (Stilton)
« on: Wednesday 29 December 10 07:36 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ken,

My direct link to William, is via his father Michael who is my 3'ggrandfather. I am descended via William's sister Sarah and her illegitimate son Frederick.

I have more info on my site 'loney.tribalpages.com', which you are welcome to visit and where you can contact me directly from the link on opening page.

Although I have the transcripts of Stilton Parish registers, I cannot go back beyond Michael's father William, born abt 1770. As there appears to be a gap in the Thompson entries between 1717-1770, I cannot find William's parents.

Regards

Mike

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Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1861, 1871 Census - Thompson (Stilton)
« on: Tuesday 28 December 10 21:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I followed your messages about the Thompsons of Stilton, and have a puzzle that needs answering, can you help?

Rachel Bowles married William Thompson in 1853
William is shown as widow in 1881, living in Dronfield. It would seem possible therefore that Rachel  died in 1876 in Dronfield.
Yet she is shown with William in Dronfield in both 1891 and 1901?

Did William marry again to another Rachel?
If not, where was rachel in 1881?

Regards

Mike Loney

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