BUREAU

[andipandi]

Well it seems as thoght I have been on a wild goose chase but thanks to a marriage cert i could now be on the right road but I am stuck again. I'll expalin:My great grandfather Charles Abraham Bureau was born in 1859 and married in 1883 to Margaret Griffiths. I now know that his father is not another Charles A Bureau  because of his marriage cert but he was called Jeremiah Bureau ( a mariner ). Charles (a lightship man of 12 crichton st cardiff)married Margaret in 1883 but on the marriage cert their address was the same as each other which leads me to believe they were living at the same address.
Can anyone shed any light on what a light ship man was and where I can go to find details on Jeremiah

[lizdb]

I cant see a birth reg for Charles Abraham around 1859
Hve you got a birth cert? If not Where did this date come from?

Aha - 1891 (RG12 4447 3 1) gives Charles' pob as Sheerness Kent.

[lizdb]

Possible for him in 1881
RG11 1369 23 39 living Monkon Hadley Middx, occ Baker so that is a bit different.

[andipandi]

Hi
yes thats it he is on the 1881 census born abt1859 in gravesend kent - a lodger

[lizdb]

Here is his birth - a bit earlier than thought

Birth
Charles Abraham Burean
Oct/Nov/Dec 1852
Sheppey Kent
2a 549

[Mort29]

that agrees with his YoB & Birthplace of Sheerness stated in later Welsh census.

[carol8353]

Can anyone shed any light on what a light ship man was and where I can go to find details on Jeremiah

I have just googled Lightship man and found this useful website amongst others 

http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/lightships.html

Carol

[andipandi]

Thanks for all your help so far so good
Andrea

[lizdb]

No joy in finding him (or a Jeremiah) on earlier censuses.

A copy of his birth cert might be a good idea to find who his mother was, and if father was Jeremiah or if that was made up for the marriage!