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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: James Slater 1861 look up for Ovenden/Halifax
« on: Wednesday 25 February 15 21:33 GMT (UK) »
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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: James Slater 1861 look up for Ovenden/Halifax
« on: Wednesday 25 February 15 15:49 GMT (UK) »
Hiya,
You look to be further back than I am at the moment.
I've a Hannah Town too but not the same one, mine is mother of an Emma b. 1832, Elizabeth b.1835 and Shadrach b.1837 (Sheldrake maybe). Baptised at the same church, Zion Methodist in 1837, Hannah is described as living specifically at Swill Hill / Swilling Hill which is just above Bradshaw Lane. Their baptism entry doesn't record the fathers name.
Emma Town had a son Joseph Town b.1851, father unknown.
In 1852 Emma Married William Benn b.1826
(William Benn was living with an Abraham Town, his wife Nancy nee Benn, and FIL Squire Benn b.1783 on the 1851 census, along with Abraham & Nancy's children and an additional lodger, 10yo Sarah Riley. I haven't found a familial link between Abraham and Emma as yet).
Emma and William Been had 2 daughters, Rose Benn b. 1856 and Mary Ann b.1858.
William Benn died in 1863.
Emma remarried in 1869, John Sharp(e) b.1813, who in 1851 lived next door to Abraham, Nancy, William and Squire and is listed as Brother-in-law to Samuel Riley and his wife Marcy.
Emma had two children with John Sharp, Sarah Ann Sharp b.1870 and John Turner Sharp b.1874.
You look to be further back than I am at the moment.
I've a Hannah Town too but not the same one, mine is mother of an Emma b. 1832, Elizabeth b.1835 and Shadrach b.1837 (Sheldrake maybe). Baptised at the same church, Zion Methodist in 1837, Hannah is described as living specifically at Swill Hill / Swilling Hill which is just above Bradshaw Lane. Their baptism entry doesn't record the fathers name.
Emma Town had a son Joseph Town b.1851, father unknown.
In 1852 Emma Married William Benn b.1826
(William Benn was living with an Abraham Town, his wife Nancy nee Benn, and FIL Squire Benn b.1783 on the 1851 census, along with Abraham & Nancy's children and an additional lodger, 10yo Sarah Riley. I haven't found a familial link between Abraham and Emma as yet).
Emma and William Been had 2 daughters, Rose Benn b. 1856 and Mary Ann b.1858.
William Benn died in 1863.
Emma remarried in 1869, John Sharp(e) b.1813, who in 1851 lived next door to Abraham, Nancy, William and Squire and is listed as Brother-in-law to Samuel Riley and his wife Marcy.
Emma had two children with John Sharp, Sarah Ann Sharp b.1870 and John Turner Sharp b.1874.
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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: James Slater 1861 look up for Ovenden/Halifax
« on: Monday 23 February 15 09:50 GMT (UK) »
I appreciate it's been a while since you posted this, but it came up during my googling for answers re my own conundrum.
Did you ever find your Slaters in 1861?
I have two households of Town(e)'s and one of Binns/Benns missing for the same census. Like your Slaters they all lived on Bradshaw Lane in 1851 and 1871 but are nowhere to be found in 1861. I have traced one of them on tax records up to 1858 in Bradshaw Lane.
My current theory, as I expand sideways along this particular family tree and discover yet more missing individuals on that road, for that census, is that Bradshaw Lane either wasn't covered by an enumerator for some reason in 1861 or those pages haven't survived. I've checked census records both at FindMyPast and Ancestry, numerous spellings of names and surnames and page by page of the census all with no luck.
Did you ever find your Slaters in 1861?
I have two households of Town(e)'s and one of Binns/Benns missing for the same census. Like your Slaters they all lived on Bradshaw Lane in 1851 and 1871 but are nowhere to be found in 1861. I have traced one of them on tax records up to 1858 in Bradshaw Lane.
My current theory, as I expand sideways along this particular family tree and discover yet more missing individuals on that road, for that census, is that Bradshaw Lane either wasn't covered by an enumerator for some reason in 1861 or those pages haven't survived. I've checked census records both at FindMyPast and Ancestry, numerous spellings of names and surnames and page by page of the census all with no luck.
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