William Moody St Luke 1851/61 Please.

[llama llady]

I’m trying to find William Moody in the1851 and 1861 census.

In 1871 he is listed as William Moodey b 1841 St Luke, Middlesex, Fish Dealer. He is living with his wife and children in Memel Street, St Luke.

William married Mary Ann Hodges a widow in 1864, at the time he was a Shopman and was living at 5 Kings Court.  His father is listed as William Moody a Painter.
In 1881 Mary Ann is a widow living with their children at 34, Mitchell Street, St Luke.

There is a William Moody with a son William b 1840, both are house decorators living in Tower Hamlets, but this William goes on to marry a Caroline Hodgson in 1879, so cannot be him.

Can anyone help please?
           
 Louise.

[CaroleW]

There is a William Moody with a son William b 1840, both are house decorators living in Tower Hamlets

Are you referring to the 1861 census?  Is this the same family in 1851?

Son William is 11 and father William is a paperhanger
HO107 Piece 1524 Folio 643 Page 54

[llama llady]

Yes, that is the same family William 1819 and Sarah 1817.

[llama llady]

There is a William Moody with a son William b 1840, both are house decorators living in Tower Hamlets

Are you referring to the 1861 census?  Is this the same family in 1851?

Son William is 11 and father William is a paperhanger
HO107 Piece 1524 Folio 643 Page 54

I have just found this William in 1871 living with his parents and still working as a paperhanger. So they are definitely two different people.

[carol_cholsey]

Hi Louise,
William is living at 5 Kings Court in 1861, (the address is shown as 5, Kings Head Court, St Luke's)
ref RG09 0209 folio 85 page 13
James Moody, head, married age 26, cabinet maker, born St Giles, London
Sarah, wife, age 25, born Bermondsey, Surrey
Mary Elizabeth, daughter, age 11, born St Giles
Sarah, daughter, age 1, born St Luke's
William Moody, brother, unmarried, age 21, general dealer, born St Giles

So presumably he remained with his brother until his marriage in 1864.

[carol_cholsey]

And this could be him in 1851,
HO107 1522 folio 254 page 12
1, George Yard, St Luke's, Finsbury
William Moody, head, married, age 53, painter, born Twickenham
Mary, wife, age 51, born St Giles-in-the-fields
Jas, son, age 16, at home, born St Giles-in-the-fields
Sarah, daughter, age 13, born St Giles-in-the-fields
William, son, age 11, born St Giles-in-the-fields
Sarah Page, widow, age 32, born St John's Middlesex
Sarah Page, age 16, born St John's Middlesex
Jane Page, age 1, born St John's Middlesex

The ages of the two brother Jas (James) and William tally with those on the 1861 census, and William the father is shown as a painter, so a fairly good match.

[llama llady]

Thank you Carol,

I'm sure that is him, as Mary, James and Sarah all appear in 1841.

Louise.