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John Bermingham

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Christina(Lancashire)

Christina(Lancashire) Report 3 Jun 2010 00:51

You're welcome.

David

David Report 3 Jun 2010 00:46

Thanks very much Christina

Christina(Lancashire)

Christina(Lancashire) Report 3 Jun 2010 00:42

This looks like the same family in 1861....

1861 England Census
about John Bennington
Name: John Bennington
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Maria
Gender: Male
Where born: Gressenhall, Norfolk, England

Civil parish: Norwich St Clement
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Norwich
Sub-registration district: Coslany
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 56
Household Members: Name Age
John Bennington 40.....Carpenter
Maria Bennington 39....St Faiths
Mary Anne Bennington 16
Susannah M Bennington 13
John W Bennington 10
Arthur G Bennington 6
Lydia C Bennington 3

All children born in Norwich.

Reads Bennington on both census images.

David

David Report 3 Jun 2010 00:37

In 1871 there is a family on the census with the head transcribed as John Bermingham on Ancestry. Emma Plestead is their Lodger.

I cannot find this family anywhere else, I have tried Birmingham, Bessingham, Burlingham. (There were some Burlinghams in Norfolk)

Any ideas please.

Regards

David