Williamson Lookup help please

[minnie01]

Hi

Ive been looking into my grandmothers family the Williamson's i have managed to trace then back to the 1841 census but i don't understand the transcript as there are a lot of Williamson's of similar ages in a household with no parents as i can see.  Would someone please be able to have a look and give me there thoughts??

My 3rd great grandfather is Samuel Williamson Born 1815 Church Minshull Cheshire.  The census details are: Rg no. HO107 piece 117, Book/Folio 13/12, Page 19, Nantwich Bunbury.


Also i know they were born in Church Minshull Cheshire how would i find the parish records to go back further??

Thank you

[allibaker]

there are several different scenarios for this cencus.they could of course all be siblings or they could be 2 seperate families living together.the older samuel and one of the older girls could be man and wife or brother and sister and the younger names could be their children possibly.might help to look at 1851 for the younger names and see who they are with then.
regards
alli

[minnie01]

Thanks Ali,

i did have a look for the two girls charlotte and susanna but no luck, the older boys are all married in 1851 - very confusing...

minnie01

[suzard]

1841 census does not give relationships - ages of adults over the age of 15 are rounded down to the nearest 5 years -also Yes or no is stated as to whether the person was born in the county they were living in (or S for b Scotland I =b.Ireland F = b. Foreign parts.

I will have a look at census

Suz

[goldie61]

Hi Minnie
If you go to this site http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home,
and put in what you know about Samuel. you'll find a birth in 1814 in Church Minshull. Father Charles, mother Mary.  A whole host of children (I counted nine) between 1814 and 1833. Then you can find a marriage for Charles and Mary Bostock in 1812.
Hopefully you can tie them in with what you find on the Census.
Happy hunting!

[suzard]

1841 census Church Minshull
Thomas Williamson 25 farmer
Samuel 25
Catherine 20
Elizabeth 20
John 20
Ann 15
Jane 15
William 10
Susanna 5
Charlotte 5
George 15 M.S.

HO107 117 13 12 19

Possibly George was not a sibling as he is living in same household but separately to the other Williamsons

this looks like William

1851
Balls Hill Norley Cheshire
William Williamson Head M 22 ag lab Minshull Cheshire
Emma wife 24 Minshull
Charles son 3 MinshullBenjamin son 2 Maston Cheshire
Joseph Pickering Lodger U 68 Tailor
HO107 2164 822 4


Suz

[suzard]

Possiblity for Susanna

1851
Union St Ardwick Lancs
Susan Williamson servant 19 Domestic Servant in household of the Mason family
HO107 220 177 11

Sheis listed as age 5 in 1841 - but the enumorator could have been over enthusiastic and rounded down all ages?


Suz

[minnie01]

Thank you all soo much.

I didn't realise that they rounded down the ages by that much at all.

I'll definitely have a look on the family search website this evening, very much appreciated.

Minnie01

[Druid56]

1841 census Church Minshull
Thomas Williamson 25 farmer
Samuel 25
Catherine 20
Elizabeth 20
John 20
Ann 15
Jane 15
William 10
Susanna 5
Charlotte 5
George 15 M.S.

HO107 117 13 12 19

Possibly George was not a sibling as he is living in same household but separately to the other Williamsons


M.S. usually means   Man Servant or Male Servant
So I would guess as Thomas is a  farmer, George will be a hired hand