In 2005, a kind person on this forum found a relative in the 1851 Census. Since then I've tried to find the image via Ancestry.com , but can't locate the household.
Could someone please check to see if they can find the 1851 census image for the following:
Eastbourne, Sussex:
HO 107 1637 F130 (the reference I was given)
John Betteridge Hd widower 71 b Gls Stoke
Ellen " dau laundress 30 b Eastbourne
I am still trying to trace the baptism of John Betteridge. As he died before 1861, the 1851 census is my only source for his place of birth.
If you find the image, could you please give me the full reference (including page no), and also look closely at his place of birth ... is the transcription of "Gls Stoke" correct, or could it be something else?
I believe "Gls" is Gloucestershire, and possibly "Stoke" is Stow-in-the-Wold - I've been told that Stow is a local Cotswold abbreviation for Stow-in-the-Wold.
Hope you can help with solving the place of birth mystery.
Many thanks
John
