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is this a silly question?

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Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 9 Oct 2007 10:54

good morning looking at ancestry for the 1841 census I found the family I wanted but when you look at the image it is unreadable and faded so how do they know the names of the people on there.
I said it was silly thanks
Margaret

Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 9 Oct 2007 10:58

Hi Robert what were they reading then ro get the names

Margaret

Sue C

Sue C Report 9 Oct 2007 11:00

Hi Margaret,

If you post the details, I'll have a look on Findmypast to see if it's any clearer.

Sue

Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 9 Oct 2007 11:10

Hi Sue it is for the John Shelley family
with wife Catherine and quite a few more Shelley's in Berkshire Sunninghill

thank you Margaret

Sue C

Sue C Report 9 Oct 2007 11:45

This is the transcription on Fidmypast, and having looked at image, seems to be correct.

John is a well digger.


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SHELLEY, John M 40 Berkshire VIEW
SHELLEY, Mary F 45 Berkshire VIEW
SHELLEY, Mary F 20 Berkshire VIEW
SHELLEY, Martha F 15 Berkshire VIEW
SHELLEY, Dinah F 15 Berkshire VIEW
SHELLEY, Charlotte F 13 Berkshire VIEW
SHELLEY, Harriet F 10 Berkshire VIEW
SHELLEY, Rosena F 8 Berkshire VIEW
SHELLEY, Mary F 0 (8 months) Berkshire VIEW

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RG number:
HO107 Piece:
15 Book/Folio:
20/10 Page:
14

Registration District:
Windsor Sub District:
Egham EnumerationDistrict:
Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Sunninghill Municipal Borough:
Address:
Bag Side, Sunninghill Count





Thelma

Thelma Report 9 Oct 2007 11:50

Sue
That is a different John

1841 England Census
about John Shelley
Name: John Shelley
Age: 70
Estimated birth year: abt 1771
Gender: Male

Civil parish: Sunninghill
Hundred: Cookham
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Windsor
Sub-registration district: Egham
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Isles 70
Catherine Shelley 80
John Shelley 70



Sue C

Sue C Report 9 Oct 2007 11:52

Oops....wrong one.

Will have another look.

Sue C

Sue C Report 9 Oct 2007 11:56

Sorry......the correct family are not showing up on Fidmypast.

Sue

Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 9 Oct 2007 11:56

Thank you Sue and Jim, yes John Shelley the younger was a well Digger, the John and Catherine Shelley above I beleive to be his father and mother
and they are my 5x great grand parents
thank you so much
Margaret

Thelma

Thelma Report 9 Oct 2007 12:04

Have you got son John in 1851,for a more accurate age?

Birth/Christening, Berkshire, England, British Isles
Father: John Shelley, Mother: Catherine
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1. JOHN SHELLEY OR BROWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 16 JUL 1797 Sunninghill, Berkshire, England

2. SARAH SHELLEY OR BROWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 09 AUG 1795 Sunninghill, Berkshire, England


Thelma

Thelma Report 9 Oct 2007 12:12

1851
John Stelley Mary Ann abt 1797 Sunninghill, Berkshire, England Head Egham Surrey

Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 9 Oct 2007 12:15

Hello Jim this is the famoly on the 1851 census mistranscribed as Stelley but the image is Shelley
Name: John Stelley
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1797
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Sunninghill, Berkshire, England

Civil Parish: Egham
Ecclesiastical parish: St John the Baptist
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Windsor
Sub-registration district: Egham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3d
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 100
Household Members: Name Age
Harriett Stelley 19
John Stelley 54
John George Stelley 7
Martha Stelley 28
Mary Ann Stelley 58
Rosina Stelley 17


Margaret