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Re: 1861 Census help please!
« Reply #18 on: Monday 04 April 11 14:02 BST (UK) »
Hi Anne

Tried looking for them for you under an address of Lap* (with Unë kthimi i papenduar's details) and no joy unfortunately  :-\ Not surprisingly really given that the children are not showing on the transcript (also tried SP) even just with a first name and no address/no parents/anywhere in Midlothian  :-\

Monica  :)
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« Reply #19 on: Monday 04 April 11 14:27 BST (UK) »
Thank you Monica - I spent a few hours doing the same.

I tried looking for them individually - just entering first names (with and without approx years/places of birth), then adding key words like 'Lapicide' and 'Fort' and not a single sausage.

Do you remember my query a wee while back regarding John Ann Chissel nee Gibson? Well, the mystery of her disappearance has still not been solved, but as she vanishes, a Kate Alma Douglas, actress, appears in London who matches exactly. No concrete proof that she's one and the same, but both have the same year/place of birth, same father's first name, same connections to another 2 families in Stirling ........   ::)

But that's another story!! The Chissels I can't find in 1861 are her grandparents.

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« Reply #20 on: Monday 04 April 11 14:59 BST (UK) »
Obviously disappearing ran in the genes... ;D

Great that you have a potential lead on Johnanne though! It's been a head-banging search for you.

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« Reply #21 on: Monday 04 April 11 15:09 BST (UK) »
 ;D

Yes, maybe their surname should have been Houdini.

They were apparently very good at bigamy too!

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Re: 1861 Census help please! *Defeat admitted*
« Reply #22 on: Monday 04 April 11 18:42 BST (UK) »
Thanks to everyone for their time on this thread - as you'll probably have noticed - I've amended the title adding 'Defeat admitted'.  ::)

I've contacted S.P. with as many details as I can muster for the family, so in the meantime, it's a waiting game ........

However, there just happens to be another Chissel I can't find, so there'll be a new thread shortly!!

Anne

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Re: 1861 Census help please! *Defeat admitted*
« Reply #23 on: Monday 04 April 11 19:25 BST (UK) »
We await your next Houdini Chissel, Anne  ::) ;D

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« Reply #24 on: Monday 04 April 11 20:19 BST (UK) »
Coming up shortly on Lanarkshire Board!

I'll add links back and forward to this thread once I get all the info organised.

Anne  ;D

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Re: 1861 Census help please! *Defeat admitted*
« Reply #26 on: Sunday 10 April 11 16:44 BST (UK) »
Rather than concede defeat just yet, it may be worth dropping a note to North Leith Parish Church to enquire if they can help with further info.

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