1841 Census lookup request Shoreditch Middx

[oldtommy]

Could somebody please lookup 3, Wellington Street, Kingsland Road for me on the 1841 census.  The address is taken from an 1839 birth certificate which gives the registration district as St Leonards Shoreditch Middx.  The head of household hopefully is John Lay, but either way I would like to know who lived there.

[cissellby]

Hi Oldtommy,
                     living at 3 Wellington St in 1841 are, Browns, Clipperton, Lavender. Can you post the full details for the Lay family?

Cissellby.

[oldtommy]

Thankyou for your time.  The full details of the Lay family were John Lay (Head), Ann Lay (Wife) and sons John aged 7, Thomas aged 4.  On the 1851 census they say that Ann and the boys were born in St Lukes Middx, but they appear to have been registerd in St Leonards.  John senior was born in Feltham.  There adress in 1851 was 5 Red Lion Passage which was more in Holborn than Shoreditch.

[cissellby]

Hi Oldtommy,
1841 census. HO107/693/5/26&27. Nova Scotia Gdns. Bethnal Green.
John Lay, 30, Porter, born in county, yes
Ann         25                                        ?
John         6                                        ?
Thomas    5                                        yes
William     3                                         yes

Cissellby.

[oldtommy]

Thanks so much.  That is great.  I have been trying for ages to confirm that John and Ann were definitely the parents of my great grandfather Thomas James Lay, (hence oldtommy) evidently a once famous London gambler and bookmaker'.  He does not appear with the family on the 1851 census but leaves a suspicious slot between his brothers John and William.  I found a Thos Jas Lay in Shoreditch working away as a 'Pot boy' that seemed to fit the bill.  You have helped solve the mysteries and reunited once and for all young Tommy and his family.

Thanks once again

oldtommy