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XPhile2868
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1891 Census
« on: Tuesday 19 April 05 12:38 UTC (UK) »
Could someone look up a Martha Bracewell in Preston, please? She will either be married to a Wilkinson Bracewell or be widowed.
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Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Kendal)

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Re: 1891 Census
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 19 April 05 12:58 UTC (UK) »
Living in 21 Hammond Street Preston.
Bracewells.
Wilkinson age 48 General Labourer born in Colne.
Martha age 44 wife born Preston.
James age 20 Son born Accrington Cotton weaver.
Mary age 19 dau born Accrington Cotton weaver
David Beal? a boarder born Scotland a cotton weaver.
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Re: 1891 Census
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 19 April 05 13:00 UTC (UK) »
Thanks for that. I've found a lot of Bracewell's that have surnames as their first name - could they all be related in some way, like theres some sort of family  tradition to give children the mother's surname as a first name?
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Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Kendal)

Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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