1841/1851/1861/1871 Census Please For John ROSSITER

[Mum44]

Well  - the age for John is off, and so is the place of birth       Bitton is a long way from North Petherton 

Strange they have the same place of birth for mother - maybe they too got it off the 1851 and couldn't read it      Certainly wife and children look OK, but I would be very leery about dad   

Now  -  this is pure speculation  -      I have been searching for a possible place of birth, and the nearest I can come up with is Aust  -  which is near Bristol, in fact these days it is the site of the Severn Bridge Service Area on the M4.

[rcuser]

Hi Mum44,

Thanks for that.

The 1841 Census would seem to confirm what you say given that John the son was the only one born in county i.e. Gloucestershire as were later children.

The question is whether or not there is someone in the 1841 Census in North Petherton who could be the father of John the father?

Also is there a marriage record to tell us Mary's maiden name and when & where they were married?
Best wishes

rcuser

[Mum44]

I can't see a Rossiter in North Petherton in 1841  -  but, if Jane is his mother, and she is in Bristol with them - I would expect her to be a widow 

They are likely to have married before civil registration, judging from William's age, and I can't see anything on the IGI   

Birth certificate of one of the younger children will give you Mary's maiden name, which might be a great help 

[rossliv]

Hi
Hope not to  confuse things but in 1881 It has Mary as Mary Smith Rossiter,  Lyndey, Glouc .   
 
In 1891 RG12 4337 page 6 at same address as 1881 John  Grant Rossiter (mispelt Brant Rogsiter) 39 Bristol, Mary S Rossiter, Lyndey 42. 
There is a Marriage on bmd June 1872 John Grant Rossiter   Mary Smith Sainsbury  Chepstow 11a 13.

Hope this is of some help

[rossliv]

1871 RG10 5297 8 page 10
St Briaval, Lydney, Chepstow


Mary ann Moore Head  abt 1807 Widow   Ashbrittle Somerset
John Grant Rossiter Son  1839 Widower  Buswe?, Somerset