Help me find this one!

[MollyButton]

Hi all,

I know one of you will be able to find my mystery man! I'm going round in circles - and I think I've been looking at him for so long I've probably missed the obvious..........

William Laurence, Born 1850ish in Garford or Shrivenham, so Oxfordshire or Berks I think.

He turns up on the 1881 census :

RG11/1289 Folio 52 Page 5

as a groom at stables in Lambourn, but previous to that I'm struggling. His eldest daughter is Henrietta - so I'm wondering if he is a Henry William or William Henry (or both, I have rather a lot of those)

Any help gratefully recieved!!!

Molly x

[Mum44]

Hi there

1871: RG10 P 1257 Fol 108 Pg 12

surname Laurence, birth Shrivenham 1852, farm servant  ? ?

I know he says Garston in 1881, but you also mentioned Shrivenham

[PaulineJ]

Ok, is that the sole census that he appears on?

What trher info do you already have? certs/ parish records?

What particular help (which resources) are you hoping we might find?

Pauline

[Mum44]

Have you seen this:

IGI, extracted,

Baptism William Henry Lawrence 3 Nov 1850 Shrivenham,  parents William lawrence and Susanna.

6 siblings 1840 - 1860 search

[MollyButton]

Thanks Mum (!)

yes I thought that was probably maybe possibly him, which is why I put Shrivenham also - checked the map and thay are not too far apart........

Pauline - I'm looking for some fresh eyes I think!  I have him on these two census, I have his daughter Henrietta Olives Marriage Cert, where he is William Laurence, Stableman.

And thats it.

He must be somewhere, but it seems a really common name...... so which one is he,  I guess I need to know. His chidrens names may help as my lot seem religious in all having the same names from one generation to the next........ Although he might be the exception I guess...

They are, Henrietta Olive, Willemiene B, Frederick Archiebald and Lillian.

Molly

[MollyButton]

no Mum! hadn't seen that - where is it? I'm just using Ancestry.
x Molly

[Mum44]

BE CAREFUL with the bap - don't try and make it fit your ideas!

1891:  Rg12 P 1292  Fol 129 Pg. 13

Newmarket, Suffolk
They're all there, BUT  William says aged 29 born Abington, Berks

He's working as a groom in a racing stable.

[MollyButton]

he's beginning to give me a headache!

only 17 when Henrietta was born? possible I guess 

Fibbing about his age? possible. 

Can't remember where hes born? well they're all at it! but garford and abingdon only 4 miles apart so all ok there.

Going to do some more hunting with the new dob then!

x Molly

[MollyButton]

do you think this might be him? Marcham is the next village over from Garford (which is still tiny) Think I've got him!!

1871 Census
RG10 Piece 1263 Folio 69 Page 21

  Molly x