A bit of a brick wall ...

[hpjrt]

Hi Arranroots,

Nope ... I didn't check the indexes for LEIGH ... or LEE for that matter.   In the 1800's I got so used to the consistent spelling of LEA that I neglected to search for the variants!   

I'll give that a try ... *sigh*

Thanks Susan for checking on the NBI second edition.  *sigh*

One good thing about dead ends ... at least you don't have to check THEM again!


Hi Annie,

I don't think he would have emmigrated ... but I suppose he could have done.  Lord knows his great-grandson emmigrated to Canada ... and a surprising memory from my father's childhood ... he said that one year, when my dad was about 10 some people came to visit his grandfather Amos.  Now ... as a 10 year old these visitors weren't of any interest to him ... because they were all adults and this was a "children should be seen and not heard" sort of thing.  However, Dad felt sure that these visitors were relatives of his grandfather ... from the States. 

I have yet to discover which of the LEA family might have gone to the U.S. ... although there is at least one brother of Amos who is "unaccounted" for ... and I've been unsuccessful in finding him anywhere in the UK, Canada or the U.S. ... but that would have been mid to late 1800's.  *sigh*

Certainly the age of your NEHEMIAH LEE is right ... and I suspect that my NEHEMIAH was an Agricultural Labourer ... since his offspring William was ...

Interesting ... and worthy of some investigation.  I don't suppose this fellow was also on the 1840 census?

Thanks for any other ideas while I once again troll through the death indexes! 

Mary

[Arranroots]

Poor Mary - I know the feeling!

It might be worth putting this one on the back burner, until the search facility for the BMDs is refined.  I feel sure it can only improve.

It is certainly easier than examining the microfiche for all the parishes involved!

Let us know how you get on

kind regards, Arranroots 

[hpjrt]

Thanks Arranroots,

My Nehemiah has been on the back burner for years ... it's just every once in a while ... when reviewing my "unanswered questions" within the family tree, he resurfaces ... and I get frustrated all over again!  LOL

Ah well ... back he goes into those "unresolved" recesses of the tree. 

One of these days I'll get the answer to what happened to him ... I hope!  LOL

Mary

[allibaker]

your man is not listed on the NBI VOL 2 either sorry
regards
alli

[liverpool annie]

Yes " Nehemiah Lee " born 1782 is on 1840 American census living in Conneticut
heres the description of 1840 census - it only names head of household !!

This database details those persons enumerated in the 1840 United States Federal Census, the Sixth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1840 Federal Census, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, M704, 580 rolls. Each name is associated with two images as the 1840 census schedule was two pages long. Be sure to view the image on which you find your ancestor's name as well as the following image, which should be the continuing census page, in order to obtain all possible information about your ancestor.

Enumerators of the 1840 census were asked to include the following categories in the census: name of head of household; number of free white males and females in age categories: 0 to 5, 5 to 10, 10 to 15, 15 to 20, 20 to 30, 30 to 40, 40 to 50, 50 to 60, 60 to 70, 70 to 80, 80 to 90, 90 to 100, over 100; the name of a slave owner and the number of slaves owned by that person; the number of male and female slaves and free "colored" persons by age categories; the number of foreigners (not naturalized) in a household; the number of deaf, dumb, and blind persons within a household; and town or district, and county of residence.

Additionally, the 1840 census, asked for the first time, the ages of revolutionary war pensioners and the number of individuals engaged in mining, agriculture, commerce, manufacturing and trade, navigation of the ocean, navigation of canals, lakes and rivers, learned professions and engineers; number in school, number in family over age twenty-one who could not read and write, and the number of insane. The categories allowed Congress to determine persons residing in the United States for collection of taxes and the appropriation of seats in the House of Representatives.

Few, if any, records reveal as many details about individuals and families as do the U.S. federal censuses. The population schedules are successive "snapshots" of Americans that depict where and how they were living at particular periods in the past. Because of this, the census is often the best starting point for genealogical research after home sources have been exhausted.

Extended Description:

The United States was the first country to call for a regularly held census. The Constitution required that a census of all "Persons...excluding Indians not taxed" be performed to determine the collection of taxes and the appropriation of seats in the House of Representatives. The first nine censuses from 1790-1870 were organized under the United States Federal Court system. Each district was assigned a U.S. marshal who hired other marshals to administer the census. Governors were responsible for enumeration in territories.

The official enumeration day of the 1840 census was 1 June 1840. All questions asked were supposed to refer to that date. The count was due within nine months, but the due date was extended by law to allow completion within eighteen months. By 1840, there were a total of twenty-six states in the Union, with Arkansas and Michigan being the latest additions. The two new territories of Wisconsin and Iowa were also enumerated.

Annie