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Title: Look-up for 1891 census Hitchin please COMPLETED
Post by: Dijon on Friday 08 June 12 21:11 BST (UK)
Please could I have a look-up in the 1891 census for Sarah Brooks b.1855 age 36 and Alfred Titmass b.1855 both Hitchin district, Hertfordshire.

Much appreciated,
Dijon  :)
Title: Re: Look-up for 1891 census Hitchin please
Post by: keyboard86 on Friday 08 June 12 21:32 BST (UK)
Hi their is this Alfred in 1891:-

Walter Titmass Head/Single 39 occ Farmer
Alfred Titmass 36 Single Brother/Farmer
Charlotte Titmass 33 Single Sister/Housekeeper
Plus 2 Servants
All family born Codicote
Residing at Nups End Farm, Step End, Codicote, Hitchin, Herts
Census Ref RG12/1107/26/22
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Look-up for 1891 census Hitchin please
Post by: Dijon on Friday 08 June 12 21:42 BST (UK)
That's the right Alfred, thank you very much keyboard86.

Dijon :)
Title: Re: Look-up for 1891 census Hitchin please
Post by: keyboard86 on Friday 08 June 12 21:44 BST (UK)
Hi again, and on the same page RG12/1107/26/22

Joseph Brooks 42 occ Licensed Victualler b Welby, Worcesteshire
Sarah 36
Joseph 11
Edwin 10
Harry 8
Frank 6
Elizabeth U 4
Leonard 2
Ellen 4 months b Codicote
All other than shown born Hatfield.
Residing at 3, Horse Shoe Inn, Step End, Codicote
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Look-up for 1891 census Hitchin please
Post by: Dijon on Friday 08 June 12 22:01 BST (UK)
Thank you, now I know how they met!!

Dijon :)
Title: Re: Look-up for 1891 census Hitchin please
Post by: keyboard86 on Friday 08 June 12 22:08 BST (UK)
Thank you, now I know how they met!!

Dijon :)

? Did Alfred and Sarah marry, as in 1901 Joseph aged 52 with son Harry aged 18 looks to be re-married to an Annie aged 40 born Powick, Worcs, Joseph is now a Haulier.
Census Ref RG13/2774/150/12

OK if I have found correct Alfred with a Sarah in 1901:-

Alfred Titmuss 47 occ Brickyard Labourer b Stevenage
Sarah 45 b Hitchin
Ellen 10 b Torquay (could be same one as 1891 b Codicote)
Harriett 6 b Torquay
Mary 2 b Torquay
Residing at 3, Old Woods Cottages, Tormohay, Torquay, Devon
Census Ref RG13/2058/13/17
Is this the correct couple?

I can see Sarah with Ellen, now born Hitchin in 1911, Sarah is a Widow, when/where did Alfred die?
Keyboard86
Title: Look-up for 1891 census Hitchin please COMPLETED
Post by: Dijon on Saturday 09 June 12 10:02 BST (UK)
Hello keyboard86,

I don't think that Alfred and Sarah married although she took his name Titmuss.
Alfred died in 1907 and Sarah Brooks in 1938 both in Newton Abbot.
I found the marriages for Harriett and Mary but not sure about Ellen as she was a Brooks.

I've been tracing this backwards without knowing Sarah's married or maiden name, I discovered she started out as Higgs.
Interesting about Joseph as found a war grave for his son Francis in 1915 with parents listed as Joseph and Sarah Brooks of Hatfield Hyde which was where they were in the 1881 census ???

Dijon :)