1841 census lookup please-Littlefield

[cristobel]

Hello Nell

Thanks so much - what a wealth of information   

Is it possible to find out any more about the other children of Robert & Elizabeth Littlefield - or am I hoping for too much. 

Many thanks for your help Nell & Newfster.

[Little Nell]

Difficult to say what happened to them - there are a few Littlefields about.

Ruth seems to have died in 1823, aged 25 and unmarried.

The other first names are much less distinctive and so make it  less easy to trace them    If they appear on later census, it may make it easier to know which one to follow.

Nell

[cristobel]

Hello,

Would it be possible to find John Littlefield's siblings - Richard b 1805, James b 1802 and Mary b 1793 on the 1841 census - or are there too many Littlefields' around the area to make this easy / possible to track.

The map was great as was the photo - loved it.

Cheers from Chris

[Little Nell]

I can't see Richard, there is a James in Portsea of the right sort of age, listed as a painter.  But there were two other James Littlefields baptised around the same date in Portsea.    No obvious candidates buried in Ropley (wrong age).

Mary probably married but I can't work out to whom - there are some marriages listed for a Mary Littlefield, but none apparently in Ropley or nearby. 

Nell

[cristobel]

OK - not much luck there, but thanks anyhow Nell.

Just one other question - from an outsider it's not obvious - but why is Hampshire called Hants.
 
Chris

[Necromancer]

Hampshire
 
reduced from Old English - Hamtunscir; named for the city of Southampton, which originally was simply Hamtun.

Norman scribes mangled the county name to Hauntunescire, later Hantescire, hence the abbrev. Hants.

 

[cristobel]

Thanks  Newfster.

Well, I guess this is as far as I can go at this stage, with the Littlfield family.  Maybe it will niggle at me and I'll want to find out more at a later date, but in the meantime thanks to both of you for providing a bit more info. 

Cheers, from Chris.

PS Cute furry friends, Newfster. 

[littlejohn]

Hi Cristobel,

Please let me know if you still need help with Littlefield family research.  I've been researching my surname for the past 15+ years throughout the UK & to a smaller degree overseas as well including Australia, S. Africa.

Regards

Littlejohn

[cristobel]

Hi Littlejohn,
Yes still researching the Littlefield name, although it has been on the backburner for a while.

Would appreciate any help and happy to share information.
Cheers, Chris.