Samuel Morris's family (c. Hereford)

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(And thanks to you too Spidermonkey!)

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1841 Kington, Headbrook HO107/Piece 423/ Folio 47 / Page 28
Samuel Morris  49  Tailor
Ann Morris  53
Samuel Morris  18
Charlotte Morris 15

All born in county

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So that would confirm that it is NOT Ann Derry whom Samuel married, but Ann Cartwright... which would of course be logical since their son was called Samuel Cartwright Morris... Interesting and at the same time rather disrupting - I had made my family tree through the Derries and this sort of makes it all meaningless now...

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Spidermonkey - I found Samuel down as a Carpenter and Ellen as a Carpenter's Wife on the 1881 Cenus, and Richard Thomas the son as a Labourer

I'm probably going blind    (was watching I'm a Celebrity at the same time, sorry  )

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So that would confirm that it is NOT Ann Derry whom Samuel married, but Ann Cartwright... which would of course be logical since their son was called Samuel Cartwright Morris... Interesting and at the same time rather disrupting - I had made my family tree through the Derries and this sort of makes it all meaningless now...

Don't think of it as meaningless.  I bet you had fun doing it, and you never know but that your research might help someone else in the future.

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I'm off for the night now, but will have another crack at this tomorrow (unless Puffcat has solved all the puzzles  )

Night all

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Thanks again to you both. I'm still amazed at all the info you can find. Thanks for sharing it. I suppose now I ought to look for my Cartwright ancestors  Any idea, by the way, when Anne died?

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Thanks again to you both. I'm still amazed at all the info you can find. Thanks for sharing it. I suppose now I ought to look for my Cartwright ancestors  Any idea, by the way, when Anne died?

Easy answer is between 1851 and 1861 - e.g. we know she was alive on the 1851 census but her husband is a widower on the 1861 census.

Will have a quick look to see if I can see a likely candidate.

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A quick look on freebmd shows 33 deaths for Ann Morris in Herefordshire between 1851 and 1861.  I think 5 of them were in the Presteigne registration district (which is the reg district for Kington) and 3 of them were in the Weobley reg dist (the reg dist for Kinnersley).