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1871 England Census about John Bristol
Name: John Bristol
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1843
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Barbara
Gender: Male
Where born: Clavley, Shropshire, England
Civil parish: Willenhall
Ecclesiastical parish: St Anne
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Sub-registration district: Willenhall
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Household schedule number: 118
Household Members:
Name Age
John Bristol 28
Barbara Bristol 30
William Wellings 9
John Briley 40
Elizabeth Teaster 30
Mary Teaster 3

The image isn't Bristol but I can't make it out, I'm tracing Elizabeth and Mary who are Tranter not Teaster and want to find out who this family are that they are staying with.

John Briley aged 40 nephew?? what a mess

They seem to go by Bristow on subsequent censuses.

Maureen

Marriages Dec 1863 (>99%)
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******Bristoe John Madeley 6a 1252
Davis Mary Madeley 6a 1252
Grainger William Madeley 6a 1252
******WELLINGS Barbara Madeley 6a 1252

thanks ladies

I have looked and looked and looking at the way the enumerator wrote it does look that it is correct and says Bristol. However I agree with Choccy and maureen, is possible that its been written down wrong and either the enumerator misheard or he misread what was put down.

I'm normally good at working out the letters from other names on the page but got to admit this one had me stumped, just knew it didn't end in L it was the wrong shape

1 thing I did notice though linda was that sometimes on the end of the words the enumerator got a bit carried away and did a squiggly bit that looked a bit like it did on the end of what appeared to be bristol. Its just a thought.

Nicola

I think he had his eyes shut when he wrote this one :)