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Rachael

Rachael Report 9 Oct 2008 09:25

You sound like me... my g g grandfather was called John Smith... a brother called James and William...

Kerri

Kerri Report 9 Oct 2008 07:37

Hi Kathlyn
If you have been able to find him in say the 1881census,have a look at his neighbours. Then search for them (the neighbours) in previous census.
Kerri

Researching:
BETTS (Teston,KEN & W AUS),STEVENS (Lochiel,S Aus),FELTUS,FUGE,SISMAN

mgnv

mgnv Report 9 Oct 2008 01:02

In England + Wales on Ancestry, one can only use occup in 1881 - in other years, it's not been transcribed. However, this isn't true of Scotland where you can add the occup in the keyword box. It's not without its drawbacks - even if you use print* to catch printer, printing press operator and print shop owner, you'll miss out on compositor. Although the transcriptions are better than the usual standard on the English censuses, jailer, sailor and tailor are pretty much interchangeable.

Alan

Alan Report 8 Oct 2008 20:12

Name: John Roberts
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool
Civil Parish: Liverpool
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
Town: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Liverpool
Sub registration district: St Thomas
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 468
Household Members: Name Age
John Roberts 31
Mary Roberts 31
Mary J Roberts 4
Robert Roberts 2 months


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Could this be your family ??

Kathlyn

Kathlyn Report 8 Oct 2008 17:39

Hi Mike,

If only parents of children with a common surname gave them a "different" Christian name, like.......Flowers....and yes I do have a Flowers Woodland.

Surf

Surf Report 8 Oct 2008 17:13

know what you mean kath
found a marrage in my tree to a roberts
took forever to find the pearents

mike

Kathlyn

Kathlyn Report 8 Oct 2008 17:09

The only other person I know about is the son John, and I have had no luck with him either Christine.

Kathlyn

CLW2005

CLW2005 Report 8 Oct 2008 17:04

is there another person in the family you could try??
sometimes works for me

Christine

Kathlyn

Kathlyn Report 8 Oct 2008 16:59

I have been searching for a very common name...Robert Roberts in the 1861/71 census. My head is spinning and my eyes going crossed with all the possible Roberts.

I have tried many in the right location/age and wonder if I could narrow my search down a bit using his occupation?

Kathlyn