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Pre-1871 census lookup needed

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Sam

Sam Report 7 Dec 2007 14:17

Hi, can anyone help find this chap on a census? I can find him from 1871 onwards but not before.

1871 for reference:

Name: Elizah Boon (should be Elijah)
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Civil Parish: Burslem
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
Town: Burslem
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Wolstanton
Sub-registration district: Burslem
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 121
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Boon 8
Elizah Boon 42
Jane Boon 37
Janez Boon 6
Louisa Boon 1
Mary Boon 4
Rachel Boon 17

According to the 1881, he was born in Armitage, Staffs and not Burslem as it says here. He married Jane Simpson in Burslem in 1858.

Thanks
Sam

Thelma

Thelma Report 7 Dec 2007 14:41

1851
Elizah Boon abt 1830 Hanley, Staffordshire, England Lodger Stoke Upon Trent Staffordshire

Sam

Sam Report 7 Dec 2007 14:42

Cheers, Jim that looks like him.

Colin, wouldn't that one be 10 years too young? Mine was born c1829.

Sam x

Ivy

Ivy Report 7 Dec 2007 17:23

1861:

Class: RG9; Piece: 1907; Folio: 142; Page: 6; GSU roll: 542885.

Married, but not with wife.

Ancestry have transcribed as Boole born Henley.

Age 32 in Stafford St Mary