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help with reading a census record,please.

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TinaElizabeth

TinaElizabeth Report 7 Oct 2008 16:00

Hi does any one have any tips on how to read a census return? I have access via ancestry would it be easier to read on another site?
The ayres family please

Cookham, Berkshire, England

Class: RG10; Piece: 1292; Folio: 32; Page: 7; GSU roll: 827858.

Thank you

Researching:
Ayres,Turner,Stockwell, Hampshire,Berks and Dorset. Stokes-Hitchin,Hertfordshire

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 7 Oct 2008 16:05

Dont think so, you can change to original view and magnify it but its a v poor image, who are you looking at ?

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For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 7 Oct 2008 16:20

James 58....
eliza,wife 52
caroline 23
eliza 18
Daughter Amy ?10
Beatrice 1
Alice 13
John 16
William 21

Researching:
For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

TinaElizabeth

TinaElizabeth Report 7 Oct 2008 16:27

Hi Lindsey, I wanted to see if i was trying to make it mine,if you understand what i mean. And i think i was.

I thought it was John 58 and then susan 53 i got caroline as well. But i couldn't even hazard a guess at the others.

Thank you. I am now almost sure they aren't mine,

:-(

Researching:
Ayres,Turner,Stockwell, Hampshire,Berks and Dorset. Stokes-Hitchin,Hertfordshire

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 7 Oct 2008 16:35

Maybe if you try to find them before and after? they might help, the girls were farm hands and boys ag labs.

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For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

TinaElizabeth

TinaElizabeth Report 7 Oct 2008 17:21

That is just it, they have only ever been found on the 1861 census. They moved around a fair bit, even trying to find them in the areas that they children in just before a census has not proved successful. The name change in about 1872 hasn't helped either,lol.
Thank you.

Researching:
Ayres,Turner,Stockwell, Hampshire,Berks and Dorset. Stokes-Hitchin,Hertfordshire

TinaElizabeth

TinaElizabeth Report 7 Oct 2008 17:28

Civil Parish: South Newton
Ecclesiastical parish: South Newton
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England


Caroline Ayres 8
Edward Ayres 1 Mo
Eliza Ayres 10
Henry Ayres 3
Nehemiah Ayres 30
Rhoda Ayres 5
Susan W Ayres 27
Jan Blundy 34
Henry White 5
Jemima White 29
Sarah White 1


Class: RG9; Piece: 1318; Folio: 80; Page: 12; GSU roll: 542795

Researching:
Ayres,Turner,Stockwell, Hampshire,Berks and Dorset. Stokes-Hitchin,Hertfordshire