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London and Middlesex / Re: 1851 census
« on: Wednesday 04 September 19 20:17 BST (UK) »
Ripper was very kindly researching the Williams family for me. William Williams was my great great grandfather.
Since 2014 I have found two more children (born May 1848 and July 1852) of William and Ann Williams and both birth certificates give the family's address as 28 St John Street Road, Clerkenwell. It seems reasonable to assume that the family was living there for the 1851 census but I have checked the entry and for that address and it lists two families, neither of them Williams. My conclusion is that the enumerator either missed them or mislaid the sheet on which he recorded their details before drawing up the schedule.
Can I ask tomm where you found the information in your post of 9 July 2014, particularly William's age in 1839? I thought I'd found all the relevant directories but none gives ages so I'd love to know where you got his age from. It may well have come from my own tree (N D D Williams 2011) on Ancestry but I'd like to be sure. Many thanks.
Since 2014 I have found two more children (born May 1848 and July 1852) of William and Ann Williams and both birth certificates give the family's address as 28 St John Street Road, Clerkenwell. It seems reasonable to assume that the family was living there for the 1851 census but I have checked the entry and for that address and it lists two families, neither of them Williams. My conclusion is that the enumerator either missed them or mislaid the sheet on which he recorded their details before drawing up the schedule.
Can I ask tomm where you found the information in your post of 9 July 2014, particularly William's age in 1839? I thought I'd found all the relevant directories but none gives ages so I'd love to know where you got his age from. It may well have come from my own tree (N D D Williams 2011) on Ancestry but I'd like to be sure. Many thanks.