treegirl
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Hi!
Was wondering if anyone could help clear up a bit of confusion for me.....
My 4x great grandfather was George WALKER, originally of Kirkby Bellars and later of Thurcaston. He had a number of children ( William - 3xg grandfather - Elizabeth, Mary, John, Edward, Alice, Emma and Lucy ).
In the 1841 census he is living in Thurcaston and by 1861 he is listed in St Margaret's and is recorded as a butcher. I haven't yet found him in the 1851 and think he died before the 1871.
The confusion comes with his wife!
In the 1841 she is recorded as Ann and in the 1861 as Sarah. I can find no record of a death of Ann Walker - are they one and the same person?
Any help gratefully received!
TreeGirl
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treegirl
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Wow!
Thank you for this - good to know that they aren't the same person!
Thanks for looking in the other census returns too
TreeGirl
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treegirl
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Thank you thank you.
Would you be able to check the 1871 too? Just to confirm that he had shuffled off this mortal coil by then!?
TreeGirl
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treegirl
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Thank you Diddy and Mike -
Think I have found a burial for George on the Villages site - it's a great site! Has him aged 69 being buried on 6th March 1876 and notes his address as Rothley Union Workhouse.
So....that 1871 census return with a George living with his brother could well be him!
Am now wondering if anyone has access to the Kirkby Bellars records and could look up George Walker's marriage to an Ann around 1832?!
TreeGirl 
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Thank you for this - only slight discrepancy is that George was a butcher, not a blacksmith....
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treegirl
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Hi again -
Have now found William and George in the 1881 census and am pretty confident that they are not who I thought they were! It has them listed as being born outside Kirkby Bellars/Thurcaston and doesn't fit with the George burial record that I found in Thurcaston.
Bummer!
Back to the drawing board - hopefully I will track him down soon!
Thanks again for all your help 
TreeGirl
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