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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 00:11
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	1891 England Census Name: Frederick Shimmin Age: 19 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Relation: Son Mother's Name: Mary Gender: Male Where born: Devonport, Devon, England Civil Parish: Maker Ecclesiastical parish: Millbrook Town: Millbrook County/Island: Cornwall Country: England Street address: 34 Newport Street Occupation: Registration district: St Germans Sub registration district: Antony ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Mary Shimmin 43 - widow; seamstress (shirts) Frederick Shimmin 19 - telephonist _____[?] Dock Yd Alfred Shimmin 18 - Brick Presser Florence Shimmin 15 - general servant (dom) Winnie Shimmin 12 - general servant (dom) 1901 England Census Name: Mary Shimmin Age: 55 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Relation: Head Gender: Female Where born: Devonport, Devon, England Civil Parish: Devonport Ecclesiastical parish: St James the Great County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: 26 Keal Street [same street as Frederick in 1901] Occupation: laundress Condition as to marriage: widow Registration district: Devonport Sub registration district: Tamar ED, institution, or vessel: 6 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 258 Household Members: Name Age Mary Shimmin 55
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 00:14
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	1881 England Census Name: Frederick Shimmin Age: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Relation: Son Father's Name: William Mother's Name: Mary Gender: Male Where born: Devonport, Devon, England Civil Parish: Stoke Damerel County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: 21 Waterloo Street Occupation: Scholar Registration district: Stoke Damerel Sub registration district: Stoke ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age William Shimmin 37 - Stoker H M Navy (Smn); Devonport, Devon Mary Shimmin 33 - Devonport, Devon Frederick Shimmin 9 Alfred H. Shimmin 7 Florence Shimmin 5 Winnie Shimmin 2
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 00:22
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	1871 England Census Name: Mary Shimmin Age: 24 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Relation: Wife Gender: Female Where born: Devonport, Devon, England Civil Parish: Stoke Damerel Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Devonport County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: 47 Princes St Occupation: Condition as to marriage: mar Disability: View Image Registration district: Stoke Damerel Sub registration district: Morice ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Household schedule number: 85 Household Members: Name Age Mary Shimmin 24 She seems to be on her own at some kind of lodgings. There are other sailor's wives living there.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 00:24
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	An elder son perhaps. Births Sep 1865 Shimmin William Thomas Stoke D. 5b 313 Deaths Dec 1870 Shimmin William Thomas 5 Stoke D. 5b 263 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1871 Shimmin Frederick William Stoke D. 5b 333 ??? Marriages Dec 1864 Higgs Susan Stoke D 5b 588 Masters Elizabeth Stoke D. 5b 588 Petrick George Stoke D. 5b 588 SHIMMIN William Stoke D 5b 588
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 00:27
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	1871: George Petrick Susan abt 1844 East Stonehouse, Devon, England Head East Stonehouse, Devon Susan Petrick George abt 1845 East Stonehouse, Devon, England Wife East Stonehouse, Devon Looks like William married Elizabeth Masters.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 01:21
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	I think this may be William. 1861 England Census Name: William Thimmin Age: 18 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843 Relation: Son Father's Name: Edward Mother's Name: Elizth Gender: Male Where born: Devonport, Devon, England Civil Parish: Stoke Damerel Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Devonport County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: 52 Cannon St Occupation: waterman Registration district: Stoke Damerel Sub registration district: Morice ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 203 Household Members: Name Age Edward Greeneway 40 [definitely Edward] - stonecutter; Cornwall Elizth Greeneway 46 - needlewoman; Devonport Elizth Thimmin 22 - servant; Devonport William Thimmin 18 Elizabeth Crosby 77 - lodger [but I think she belongs to the next household.] Marriages Jun 1850 Cooke Samuel William Plymouth 9 458 >>>>Greenaway Edmund Plymouth 9 458 HARVEY Eliza Harriett Plymouth 9 458 Hazell Mary Ann Plymouth 9 458 Jolliffe Edward Plymouth 9 458 Kirby Amy Plymouth 9 458 >>>>SHINHAM Elizabeth Plymouth 9 458 Stevens William Plymouth 9 458
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 01:30
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	1851 England Census Name: William Greenway Age: 8 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843 Relation: Son Father's Name: Emma Mother's Name: Elizabeth Gender: Male Where born: Devonport, Devon, England Civil Parish: Stoke Damerel Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Devonport County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: 4 Chapman's Ope*, Cannon Street Occupation: Registration district: Stoke Damerel Sub registration district: Morice ED, institution, or vessel: 1a Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 316 Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Greenway 33 - labourer; Cornwall Emma Greenway 31 [Elizabeth, not Emma, on image] - Cornwall Elizabeth Greenway 13 William Greenway 8 Emma Brooks 3 - lodger; Plymouth I can't quite work out this word. It isn't an abbreviation for Building because I looked at the description of the enumeration district & the word 'ope' is used & the word 'building'!
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 01:50
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Somebody else is definitely researching this family. It's submitted by a member, but it's a start. IGI Individual Record WILLIAM THOMAS SHIMMIN Birth: 04 APR 1843 Devonport, Devon, England Death: 04 MAR 1882 Parents: Father: WILLIAM SHIMMIN Mother: ELIZABETH DAVEY ELIZABETH MARY ANN SHIMMIN - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Birth: 20 JUN 1838 Devonport, Devon, England Marriages Dec 1864 Gliddon Claudine Stoke D 5b 587 May Mary Ann Stoke D. 5b 587 Rickard Martin Henry Stoke D. 5b 587 Rogers George William Stoke D. 5B 587 SHIMMEN Elizabeth Stoke D 5b 587 SHIMMIN Elizabeth Stoke D 5b 587
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	30 Jun 2008 02:10
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	I think this is the Elizabeths. The image looks like Shiman. 1841 England Census about Elizth Thimall Name: Elizth Thimall Age: 3 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 Gender: Female Where born: Devon, England Civil Parish: Stoke Damerell Hundred: Roborough County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: Cornwall Street Occupation: none recorded Registration district: Stoke Damerel Sub registration district: Morice Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Elizth Thimall 25 Elizth Thimall 3 Jno Daves 3 Susan Schur 55 - [definitely next househol ] According to the Description of the Enumeration District, Cornwall Street is near Cannon Street & its opes.

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