LAMBERT 1841 Census - North East Chelsea

[dotkelly]

Looking for 1841 census information on the following:
John Lambert born Bristol, Gloucestershire
His wife Mary Ann born Painswick, Gloucestershire
Children:   John 2   Robert 5 months
Not sure of their birth dates or street name
Thanks D

[ShaunJ]

Here they are:

8 Exeter Place, Chelsea HO107/0687/5

John Lambert  25  Bricklayer No
Mary A  do 25       No
John do  2   No
Robert  do 5M Yes 

[dotkelly]

Thank you for looking this up for me.       I was interested to see their ages, as in the 1851 Census they claim to be 41 years old.     This seems to be a very large discrepency and it also seems a bit old (in those days) as the children were so young.      Is there any chance that they were still around for the 1861 census.       Do you think you could check on this for me.
Thanking you
Dorothy 

[ShaunJ]

I can see John Lambert in 1861 at 73 Portland Road North, Kensington, aged 51 , widower, bricklayer b. Bristol. He's on his own. RG9/15 Folio 48 Page 28

[dotkelly]

Thanks very much - what do you make of the age differences quoted in the 1841 census (if anything)
Dorothy

[ShaunJ]

I think it's the right family - there's a match on the names of of all four of them; the sons ages are right; the father's occupation is right. But we are left with a 6 year age discrepancy - the parents are shown as aged 25 when you would expect to see 31.

I wouldn't worry about that too much. Ages recorded in the censuses are often inaccurate and the 1841 is structurally inaccurate in this respect - the ages of people over 15 were normally rounded down so nearly everyone was recorded as younger than they actually were.

[dotkelly]

Thanks an awful lot - I have found these streets on old London maps -  get a bit of a boost when you find even a small bit of information.  Thanks again
Dorothy

[ShaunJ]

No problem Dorothy. Welcome to Rootschat!!

[dotkelly]

Hi - it is quite a long time since visiting this site  (2007) but I am now looking to find Anne Catherine Lambert's birth - cannot find it anywhere.   According to the 1851 Census she was 8 years old and born in Kensington but I have tried all avenues to find this birth record.   She is my GG Grandmother.
Can you help.    Thanks Dorothy