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I think I have double posted, but anyway.............

Thankyou very much, Anne of Green Gables. All this info is most useful.

Frances.

1871 census
Barbara Henderson, 36, married, born Bermuda, British Subject, a servant, housekeeper in home of Jacob C. Brown, land & ship owner, Mancaster, Cumberland.

1861 census
Barbara Frears, 25, born Canada, British Colony, a servant in home of William Hinchcliffe, innkeeper 8 grocer, Blackburn, Lancashire.

Could this Robert possibly be Ritson?
1841 census
Charlton next Woolwich, Kent
Robert Frears, 30, carpenter
Elizabeth, 35
Thomas, 10
Samuel, 8
***Barbary, 6
John, 4
Richard, 3 months
All NOT born in county except Richard.

I think this is your Barbara in 1881:
Aspatria, Cumberland
Barbara Henderson, head, widow, 44, general servant, born Barbados?, British Subject
William R. Henderson, son, 14, coal miner, born Cockermouth, Cumberland

In 1871 there's a William R. Henderson, age 4, born Cockermouth who was a nurse child, i.e. foster child in home of William & Catherine Veitch, Whitehaven, Cumberland.
I think Barbara and her husband were possibly seperated or maybe she was a widow by then even though she says she's married on the 71 census.

In 1891 Barbara Henderson, widow, age 54, born Bermuda, charwoman, is living alone in Aspatria.

Son William R.'s birth. (Wonder if the R is for Ritson?)

Births Dec 1866 (>99%)
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Henderson William R Cockermouth 10b 470

And his marriage?

Marriages Mar 1888 (96%)
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DAVIDSON Sarah Wigton 10b 625
HENDERSON William Ritson Wigton 10b 625
WILKINSON Henry Wigton 10b 625

1891 census
Newtown, Aspatria, Cumberland
William Ritson Henderson, head, 23, coal miner, born Cockermouth
Sarah Hannah, wife, 21, born Grasmere
Ritson Friars Henderson, son, 2, born Aspatria

1901 census
40 Harriston, Aspatria, Cumberland
Wm. R. Henderson, head, 33, coal miner hewer, born Cockermouth
Sarah, wife, 37, born Westmorland, Grasmere
Ritson, son, 12, born Aspatria
Lizzie, dau, 9, born "
Leonard, son, 2, born "

Thankyou, Margaret for this additional info.

Yes that is Ritson Frears at Charlton Dockyards in 1841, on the way back to Cumbria after leaving Bermuda.

Barbara was widowed or deserted or something very early on, her son was fostered at Cockermouth while she worked at Muncaster Castle.

Then they moved to Aspatria, and William married in 1888.


Frances.