There are only 3 Solomon Piggots in the entire 1841 census ... and yeah, the London marriage is surprising; but it's definitely him.
How did you reach this conclusion? Almost certainly definitely isn't him, as since pointed out by Heywood!
Conclusion reached by exclusion of the other Solomon Piggots ... what I had failed to do was to find (or, indeed, look for) a match under JAMES Piggot.
Many thanks for finding that one and putting me right.
... I think we can call this one closed, as a "NIL" result.
Closed perhaps, but not as a nil result! Even negative results can help eliminate someone from a list of possibilities, or correct false assumptions. You've learned a lot from this and the earlier thread:
- that A. Piggott born Diddington wasn't Angelina Rhodes Todd as incorrectly indexed by the GRO
- that Angelina Rhodes Tidd married Christopher Todd, not Solomon James Piggott
- that Solomon James Piggott married Lucy New
- that the GRO has misindexed Solomon James Piggott as Solomon Frances Piggott
- that Solomon James Piggott in London/Gloucs was a different person to Solomon Piggott from
Spaldwick, both being on the 1851 census on opposite sides of the country
- that Solomon Pigot married Ann Tatman in 1842 in Huntingdon registration district
- that using an index without reference to the underlying event can lead one to make erroneous assumptions.
David
All agreed, David.
What I meant was "nil" in terms of the question asked.
The results produced, however, have indeed helped me to clear up and correct a part of my family narrative which was troubling me because it didn't quite all add up.
Even when you start out by asking the wrong question, it can sometimes lead back to the right answers (albeit by rather twisting and turning routes) and I am very grateful to all who have helped on this. A great Christmas present to have cleared that one up!
