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I have been looking for some ancestors on the 1861 census and couldn't find them so I decided to look through the villages listed on Ancestry. I expected them to be in either East Ayton or West Ayton in Yorkshire. I still couldn't find them but I did notice that East Ayton began with a Susanna Wallis listed as Wife, and the first schedule number given is 49. This leads me to believe that there must be other pages before this that have been missed.

Please could someone take a look and tell me what they think. Or do you have the 1861 discs to check against?

Thanks
Jeanette x

I have the disc and will check later for you, but I will need to know the name of the people you are looking for

Thanks Linda....you're a star!

They are Thomas Skelton c1836, Susannah Skelton born 1837 Ruston Parva, and they should have a son called James with them born 1860 in West Ayton.

Hi Jeanette, I notice that in 1871 there are 16 images whereas in 1861 there are only 9, so it is possible there are some images missing. I know there are some parts of the 1861 missing, but not sure where.

There a list of missing census pieces on Clive Buckle's website. I don't know if this will help as I'm not familiar with Yorkshire

http://www.clive-buckle.co.uk/1861.htm

I will look tonight for you, if no one has found them in the meantime

Found them with no probs on the 1871, but can't see tham in 1861
Name: James Skelton
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Susanna
Gender: Male
Where born: West Ayton, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: East Ayton
Town: East Ayton
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Scarborough
Sub-registration district: Hutton Bushell
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 36
Household Members: Name Age
Grace Skelton 8 months
Hannah Skelton 2
James Skelton 10
Susanna Skelton 34
Thomas Skelton 36
Tom Skelton 4
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4820; Folio: 42; Page: 6; GSU roll: 847362.

Thanks Linda

Keith...I never thought to check the amount of pages with the 1871....Doh!

Claire...Thanks, I'll take a look

Jean...that's them in 1871

I have looked through West Ayton on the discs. The schedule starts with household 1 continues until it clearly states the end of the village. Unfortunately they are not there.
I also looked through East Ayton, there is just one Skelton family there
Estill? Skelton 43 school master b East Ayton, with his wife Mary 33 and son in law Joseph Raine 4, both born West Ayton The ages are difficult as there are black lines through them

According to the 1871 census young James was born in West Ayton c1861, his baptism should be on the IGI in Hutton Buscel as the years needed are covered, but it isn't. The parents marriage isn't there either, yet again, the IGI does cover those years.
Maybe they married in Seamer parish as it does cover part of the area covering West Ayton. Unfortunately the IGI doesn't cover the years needed.
The 1861 census was taken on the 7th April, so maybe James had not been born then. Statitically he is more likely to have been born in the second half of 1860 and there is this birth registration which may be him, or not of course

Name: James Skelton
Year of Registration: 1860
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Scarborough
County: Yorkshire - East Riding, Yorkshire - North Riding, North Yorkshire
Volume: 9d
Page: _90

Sorry I can't help, but they are definitely not in West Ayton in 1861

Linda

there is this submitted entry on the IGI, but it has a different name for the mother and no batch numbers to check it out

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James Skelton Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
1861 West Ayton, Yorkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: Thomas Skelton Family
Mother: Lysanna

Messages:
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church

1851
Thomas Skelton
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Relation: Grandson
Father's name: Estoll
Gender: Male
Where born: East Ayton, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: East Ayton
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England



Registration district: Scarborough
Sub-registration district: Filey
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 50
Household Members:
Name Age
John Skelton 71 head of house widower farmer of 16 acres
Hannah Petch 36 daughter of John
Thomas Petch 40 son in law
Estoll Skelton 33 unmarried son school master

Thomas Skelton 16 grandson of John

Class: HO107; Piece: 2368; Folio: 750; Page: 13

Despite what the transcription says Estoll is unmarried, so he shouldn't be Thomas's father

1841 East Ayton
John Skelton 60 Game keeper
Ann 25
Es??? male 25
Thomas 6
Thomas Petch 25 Ag lab
Hannah Petch 25

HO7/1261/13/9

they must be mistranscribed on Ancestry as they don't come up, this was from the image

1841 they are mistranscribed as Sketton
Thomas Sketton
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Gender: Male
Where born: Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Seamer
Hundred: Pickering Lythe
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

View image

Registration district: Scarborough
Sub-registration district: Hutton Bushell
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Hannah Petch 25
Thomas Petch 25
Ann Sketton 25
Estile Sketton 20
John Sketton 60
Thomas Sketton 6

Class: HO107; Piece 1261; Book: 13; Civil Parish: Seamer; County: Yorkshire; Enumeration District: 8; Folio: 8; Page: 11

Linda

Thanks ever so much for taking the time to look. I've just had a look on Genuki and it seems that the parish registers for Seamer are deposited at the East Riding Archives which is very handy for me! I'll have to have a look through them and see what I can find. If not, then it looks like a trip to York is on the cards!

Thanks once again

Jeanette x

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ESTHILL SKELTON Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
08 JAN 1817 Seamer Near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

how odd because he is down as female


Parents:
Father: JOHN SKELTON Family
Mother: MARGT.
siblings
HANNAH SKELTON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 27 MAR 1814 Seamer Near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

From the same batch
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THOMAS SKELTON Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
06 JUL 1834 Seamer Near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Mother: ANN SKELTON Family

Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C106181 1813 - 1838 0919209 Film 6910788 Film

Ann was there in 41, so this Thomas is her illegitimate son

Thanks for the extra information Linda