Charles Newdick of Lakenheath (c.1811-1850)

[windy_miller]

Evening searchers,

I've located a miller who used to work Fincham's Mill, in Lakenheath from 1844-1847.  I have also found a census entry for him in 1841 (with no occupation) also in Lakenheath.

Can anyone help me establish if he was a miller pre-1844?  It would be a great help!

Windy

[DORAN54]

hi  1841 census shows his occ miller

[windy_miller]

Hi Doran54,

I've been looking on familysearch.org website and they don't hold occupations, could you advise where is best to get occupational info?  I'm amassing data on millers in Suffolk rather than named individuals (Chas. Newdick just happens to be one I'm looking at today).

Any advise would be great!
Windy

[keyboard86]

hi  1841 census shows his occ miller

Hi Windy, the same man and family are at Broom Road, Lakenheath he is still a Miller in 1851
Census ref HO107/1793/317/27

Keyboard86

[DORAN54]

my search is on ancestry on those census you get   occ upations
 I don't know about other sites

[windy_miller]

Thank you both.  Thats added a few years to how long he was at the mill, though my records show him in Undley Road, Lakenheath (I'll need to check they are the same road).

Thanks for the info on ancestry.  Does it allow you to search on occupation or does it happen to list it only?

Windy

[keyboard86]

Thank you both.  Thats added a few years to how long he was at the mill, though my records show him in Undley Road, Lakenheath (I'll need to check they are the same road).

Thanks for the info on ancestry.  Does it allow you to search on occupation or does it happen to list it only?

Windy

Hi Windy, both Ancestry and Find my Past allow searches by occupation, in the case of FindMyPast with the exception of 1841 and 1871, but you have to be pretty exact with his job title!

Keyboard86

[DORAN54]

the address on 1841 is high street

[windy_miller]

Ok.  Thats useful.  I'll give it a go!

Windy