1901 Census look up for Joseph Lever

[moo]

Hello Elaine,
Sadly no he is not my John Hodgson / Swift

What I have is1851 Census - Not found

1861 Census - Aged 19, Ag Labourer, Thornhill (Living with Aunt)

1871 Census - Not found

1881 Census - Aged 38 - Married - Colliery Labourer - Fox's Row, Shitlington, York

1891 Census - Not found

and a possible 1901 Census - Aged 60 - Widower - Stone Quarryman - Bell Lane, Ackworth, West Riding, Yorkshire
but I can't be sure of the 1901 there were so many, and I don't seem able to find a death for him either, so I was wondering if he had dropped the Swift ( for some reason ).

His son Charles William both  marriages show him as deceased but I can't find him, then on another marriage Joseph Lever to Sarah Isaac (John's daughter in law ) in 1906 it is witnessed by a John Hodgson ...so I was kind of hoping that he was still alive but using a different surname.
May be it was just a coincidence on Sarah's cert.
Regards
Moo

[elaine curran]

Hi...what they sometimes did back then was,if they didn't have brothers or sisters as witnesses,then sometimes the clerk or registrar,would ask one of his relations to stand as witness. They were prob given a few pennies,which would come in v handy!
They even got people off the streets to witness the marriage.
Looking my ancestors up,in Lancashire,I came across the same people,time and time again!....they must have been on a good number!