1841 lookup Walworth/Newington- Cpmpleted

[Snoosh]

hello Ladybird,

[Snoosh]

Hello ladybird...I'll try again! I am a new member of RootsChat & a novice, so I must have pushed the wrong button for the last post! I found your post and the thread because I was searching RootsChat for info about Camden Street, Lambeth in the 1841 census. A Snusher was living there in Camden Street, and I have a pdf image of HO 107/1064/10 folio 39, which includes part of East Street, then becomes Camden Street. There is nothing to suggest that East Street is actually part of Camden Street or vice versa.  I confirm that there are no house numbers. I also confirm that the one butcher on folio 39 is not a Letley [perhaps Wrangham?], but deciphering the handwriting is a challenge. Another interesting aspect of this page is that the enumerator gives ages to an exact year, rather than the more common rounding down to the nearest 5 years, a real bonus!. My own experience of name indexes is that they need to be treated with great caution. Good luck in all your research. Have you seen a map from the period that shows the location of Camden Street?

[LaLisa]

In case anyone is reading this later Camden Street is now called Morecombe Street and leads directly off East Street in Walworth (the name was changed in the late 1800s). There were two other Harris familys living in that close area in that rough period.

Abraham Harris who was married to Rosa Jessel and lived on East Street for many years (although Rosa died in 1822). His family is well documented online and on Genie.

And my ancestor Henry Harris who is registered as living in Camden street when he died in 1832 (buried at St Mary Newington).
His Daughter Susan Phillis (nee Harris) Rycroft then lived in Camden Street until her husband died in 1838 (William Rycroft  buried at St Peter Walford). Another Sister Sarah (nee Harris) Wynne also lived close by.
My Harris family moved there from Westminster - St Martin in the fields/Clement Danes. I have always suspected that there must be other family relatives of Henry living in the area.