1851 census prestwich

[casstheo]

please could someone look up the following person on the 1851 census for prestwich. information from death cert june 1851

betty raw     90yrs     church lane   prestwich

peggy grimshaw was present at the death who could be a relative and who was also living there or nearby, am trying to find out the family connection with the  grimshaws.

many thanks for any info received, janet chard

[CaroleW]

Hi

I have looked on both the 1841 and 1851 and there were no Betty Raw's in Lancashire.

In 1841 - there were 3 all born and living in Yorkshire. Birthyears 1756, 1826 and 1840
In 1851 - just one born and living in Yorkshire - 1844

Betty may have been a corruption of Elizabeth/Eliza and Peggy was often a corruption of Margaret

[casstheo]

dear carole, that is very odd as i did find betty(80) living with husband george raw
(75) at church lane prestwich in 1841, and the death cert gives church lane too.as you say my have been put down with different first name in 1851, will have another look. many thanks janet chard

[CaroleW]

Hi again

Did you find her on the online version of the 1841 or on a name index as I have done a 5 year search either side of 1761 of all females surname Betty in Prestwich and definitely nothing that looks like Raw

[casstheo]

dear carole, i found betty and george raw on the 1841 online ancestry site, interestingly it was their granddaughter sarah raw b about 1823 that i was looking for, found her living with the grimshaws birth given as 1816?, and then noticed at the rhs bottom was george and betty.
have looked at the enumeration districts for lancashire for 1851 as was going to trawl through the pages but only gives prestwich cum oldham whose only entry is the oldham workhouse . have looked at middleton and crumpsall but prestwich itself was a reasonable size so can't work out  why not listed.
the plot thickens, janet

[CaroleW]

Hi

George and Betty have been transcribed as RACO and Betty's birthyear is 1811 instead of 1761.  Age 80 has been read as age 30

What you may not have seen is that on the next page there is a Mary Raw aged 25 occ washerwoman with children John aged 6 and Jason aged 1 - all born in county

Definitely nothing on the 1851 but the census returns in the Manchester area were damaged by water during storage and Prestwich was one of the districts affected

[casstheo]

dear carole, many thanks for all your hard work, didn't know about mary or that some of the returns were damaged, that explains it, what a shame! i can stop searching now, many thanks again, janet

[bursy]

Janet
I don't know if you still need this info.

1851 Prestwich Unfilmed

? Church Lane
Betty Raw                    Head      W        90          Disabled           Prestwich
George Grimshaw       Lodger     M        58          Weaver            Prestwich
Margaret Grimshaw    Lodger     M        59          Weaver            Prestwich
Thomas Raw               Lodger                 8           Scholar            Prestwich

Hope this helps
Regards, Dave

[casstheo]

many thanks, had betty with the grimshaws but not a thomas raw there, must be a grandchild perhaps, janet