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I'm trying to zero in on the Shepherdess Walk area of Shoreditch, Trinity Hoxton, Tower Hamlets in 1861. Is there an easy way to do this?
Thanks.

Can be done on Findmypast but is a pay to view but free to search which would give you an idea of the area the address is in

Who do you want to find at that address?

Do you have a document dated 1861?

Shepperdess Walk
Parish - St Leonard Shoreditch
Shoreditch

Long trawl through the ED sheets on Ancestry

I have the Greening family living at 4 Shepherdess Walk for the 1841 and 1851 censuses. I'm trying to see if they are still there in 1861.

Can you post the 1851 details please

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1535; Folio: 258; Page: 28; GSU roll: 174765.
Household schedule no 140

Head is mistranscribed as Eliza Gunning (36)
Children are George (11), Richard (9), John (7), Edward (4) and Eliza (3m born several years after death of mother's husband!)

Thats why I did not find them !!!


Flaming heck who ever transcribed that wants shooting.

Image is clear as place of birth for the children

The children were all born in Shepherdess Walk, Shoreditch. See how that has got mangled into Warwickshire on 1851! They were a s*d to find!

1861 I presume you have already looked at this one

Name: George Greening
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Gender: Male
Where born: N

Civil Parish: Islington St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View Image

Registration district: Islington
Sub registration district: Islington West
ED, institution, or vessel: 32
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 1



Really struggling with 1861 to find any of them

Thanks Glitter Baby. I wonder if some of the 1861 census sheets from theat area have in fact vanished?

John and Richard jr Greening reappear in later censuses, though their mother has died in 1867. The 1861 record gap is a mystery!

Easiest way is to find neighbours on 1851 and then look for them on 1861. Pick young (10 or under) male ones with unusual names.

Dave

Try searching by first names only in the correct area. In 1901 my grandfather has a totally different surname. his Mother had "remarried" and the whole family went under the new name.

Both excellent ideas, which unfortunately didn't bring results for the 1861. Searching a combination of first names, as Janet suggests, works wonders when there have been transcription errors! It is how I found the family in 1851.

Who would have thought the word "Greening" could cause so much problems in transcription!

I've checked the district descriptions for St Leonards and Shepherdess Walk doesn't appear on it. Judging by the number of sheets there are missing books.

As an aside, I did find two of my lot there!

Ah, so no amount of searching will find them if the sheets have been lost. Well, we gave it our best shot. Thanks for everyone's input.

Checked the whole of Shoreditch and Shepherdess walk is not in any of the enumeration districts descriptions. Am off now to check if any of my lot are near there in 1861 (If memory serves me right Murray Street is nearby)