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Started this thread yesterday but got stuck ....

Hi I have found my grandpas family back to 1891 cencus where William Hodges ( 1848 born Twerton Somerset) is living with wife and children and his brother Henry Hodges in Bristol ( also Twerton 1846c) . I just can't find the brothers on earlier census records where I was hoping to find their parents ...Has anyone any ideas on why this would be ?...

1891 Census for reference

Name: William Hodges
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary J
Gender: Male
Where born: Tweron On Avon, Somerset, England

Civil parish: St Philip and St Jacob
Ecclesiastical parish: St Werburgh
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Barton Regis
Sub-registration district: St Philip
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Hodges 46
Mary J Hodges 42
Philip W Hodges 13
Francis E Hodges 11
Lincoln C Hodges 6
Edgar C Hodges 3
Gilbert S Hodges 1
Henry Hodges 44

Thank you for that ... I'd written birth dates wrong then ! but still can't find them on any earlier records yet

1871 England Census
about William Hodges
Name: William Hodges
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Tiverton, Somerset, England
Civil parish: St Philip and St Jacob
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Registration district: Clifton
Sub-registration district: St Philip
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household schedule number: 61
Household Members:
Name Age
William Hodges 27
Mary Jane Hodges 22
Louisa Hodges 2

Thanks Helen I hadn't found that :) .. so hopefully if he is on 1851 / 1861 he should be with brother Henry and parents

Possible marriage?

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Dec 1866 (>99%)
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Hodges William Bath 5c 1208
Mattick Mary J Bath 5c 1208

Could this be William in 1861 as an Apprentice Cabinet Maker/

Name: William Hodges
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Apprentice
Gender: Male
Where born: Bath, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Bristol St James
Town: Bristol
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Bristol
Sub-registration district: St James
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 10
Household Members: Name Age
John Putt 59
Jemima Putt 45
William Hodges 17
James Hughes 55
Francis Hughes 6
Thomas W Sheppard 13

Brilliant thats him ... he was a cabinet maker and so was his son and my grandpa . Just been looking on ancestry at 1851 but no joy so far . I think its the place of birth thats confusing as Twerton on avon could be recorded as bath / Somerset / Bristol ? and in the 1881 its been copied as Tiverton . Thanks so much for the cabinet maker .. just printed it out and see on that birth is recorded as Bath

1851 Census
think I found him the birth year is a bit out ... and theres no Henry I'm hoping Thomas is Williams brother Henry ? middle name or something? and again the birth year seems abit out as Henrys 44 in the 1881 record so I don't know how to def check its him . But William and Thomas are both down as being born in Towton Somerset !

Thanks for your help :)

Name: William Hodges
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Towton, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Westminster St John The Evangelist
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephen
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Westminster
Sub-registration district: St John
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 39
Household Members:
Name Age
William Hodges 34
Ann Hodges 33
William Hodges 9
Thomas Hodges 6
Richard Hodges 2
Edward Hodges 2 Mo

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Double checked 1851 ( the last posting I did ) and don't think that is them now :( because the birth years too far out .... thought had to be because of Towton ,Somerset , close just not quite as the're 3 years out on birth year and I was taking a long shot on Thomas being Henry as it was

If anyone has got the time to have a look through this I'd appreciate it loads .. found William in 1861 now thanks to rootgatherer but I don't think the marriage is right maybe as my mum was sure his wifes maiden name was Orchard ... but I can't find another marraiage ..so maybe

In 1881 Williams brother Henry is living with him so I wanted to find them both together on 1851 cencus ... and thats where I'm stuck . I thought I might have found them but as you'll see dates are out

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Just a tip - don't keep changing your name back and forth, it's very confusing as one reads through the thread!

I see you've changed your board name from fledgling - now I'm sure I added to a thread for you yesterday - where is that one?

Unfortunately, here's brother Henry in 1861:

Name: Henry Hadges
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Twerton, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Bristol St James
County/Island: Gloucestershire


in a rather unbelievably large household! Oh, lord, it's one of Ancestry's hash jobs (click on the "head of household" ...). All the heads of household were entered as "father" rather than head by the enumerator. Those are all different households, and Geo Hurley doesn't have a dozen of each parent.

Henry is a shop boy in the actual Geo Hurley household - Hurley is a baker employing 3 men and 1 boy, i.e. Henry.

I was wondering, AoGG ... there was that second one today, now gone, and it didn't quite sound like this was the first, but it was the only one that came up on a search for William Hodges Twerton.

One post per topic. Only. And please don't delete threads if people have added work to them, just for future ref.

Whats all this with my name .. I'll get paranoid ! I started on this site recently it came up with my real name ... and then I thought I'd give myself a 'community name' fledgling which is currently my name . Re you replying to another thread .. that was one regarding another family member which is still up and running I'd put on tips and prob this one unwittingly so deleated it !
Re Janeys tip - I have not changed my name back and forth ... I simply gave myself a community name and too be honest that tip isn't especially useful or necessary.

Please read guidelines for message board use .. cause I'm not going to be intimidated or overly questioned re my name . What is the point ?

the point is that you are confusing people - you start off this thread as fledgling and then reply as Emma - I for one am leaving you to it now - you have changed it back again - people just donlt do that