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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: lynda123 on Wednesday 27 September 17 15:36 BST (UK)
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Hi Everyone,
I have found a family on the 1851 UK census, transcribed as Lampard. The original image appears to support this surname, but I cannot find anything else about them.
The parents are shown as Benjamin and Amy Lampard. I cannot find a birth for Benjamin and I cannot find a marriage record where he marries Amy.
They have 3 children, Emma, Samuel and Amy. I cannot find the children on GRO Index but if parents weren't married then they would probably have been registered under the mother's name.
I cannot find the family together after the 1851 census either so apart from this one record I have no clues as to where to go next.
Any help would be much appreciated
Lynda
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Hi Lynda
I think I have found the family in 1861 in St Pancras with the name Samford. Amy is a widow.
There is also a marriage of a Benjamin Sanford to Amy Susannah May on 23 March 1845.
May be worth following up.
Barbara
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Hi Barbara,
Thank you so much for looking. I will check those records and if they match up do you think that the family name was actually Sanford? It seems a little unlikely that both records were mistranscribed, but not impossible
Lynda
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Hi Barbara,
On looking at the 1861 census I noticed a couple of extra children had been born and when I checked the GRO Index I found them registered as Samford, mother's maiden name May.
Thanks for your help on this one, I now know I can discount them as a connection.
I am most grateful for your efforts on my behalf
Lynda
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Hi Lynda
In 1871 the family is shown as Sandford so there were multiple spellings.
I found the birth of Benjamin on the GRO index with mmn May in September 1855. I haven't checked the other children.
Barbara
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Thank you Barbara, transcriptions can be a bit of a headache at times!
Lynda