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Title: Complete! BURCHELL boys living with GUEST grandparents in Dudley 1900
Post by: diplodicus on Wednesday 23 July 14 14:43 BST (UK)
Greetings Rootschatters,

Albert (c1880) and William Burchell (c1881) are on both the 1891 and 1901 census returns as living at 57 Hall St. Dudley with their grandparents William and Mary Ann Guest. I am trying to identify the boys' parents but with little luck.

I have found the grandparents on the 1861 and 1871 census but each one of these returns only ever show one son, William born Dec 1860.

I had assumed that the Guests had a daughter who married a Burchell but cannot find any record that fits.

Your assistance will, as always, be very much appreciated.
Title: Re: BURCHELL boys living with GUEST grandparents in Dudley 1900
Post by: KGarrad on Wednesday 23 July 14 15:09 BST (UK)
Have you dismissed this possibility from FreeBMD?

June qtr 1878
Dudley district     vol 6c, page 188

Burchell, Gideon Lavender
+ and on the same page +
Guest, Sarah Clarke
Title: Re: BURCHELL boys living with GUEST grandparents in Dudley 1900
Post by: diplodicus on Wednesday 23 July 14 15:15 BST (UK)
Oh, thank you. It could well be.

Yet another new Burchell to add :-\

Many thanks, KG.
Title: Re: Complete! BURCHELL boys living with GUEST grandparents in Dudley 1900
Post by: diplodicus on Wednesday 23 July 14 17:02 BST (UK)
Gideon (son of another Gideon) married Sarah Guest. they lived into the 1900s and had more children but these boys never seemed to go back home. It could just be coincidence that they were at their grandparents at the time of the census and later enabled large families to share space and support their elders?

Two of Gideon's sisters married in Hulme, Manchester so perhaps Gideon senior moved there?

Title: Re: Complete! BURCHELL boys living with GUEST grandparents in Dudley 1900
Post by: Craclyn on Wednesday 23 July 14 17:11 BST (UK)
Birth registration for Sarah Clark Guest Q4 1857 Dudley vol 6c p 152.
Title: Re: Complete! BURCHELL boys living with GUEST grandparents in Dudley 1900
Post by: diplodicus on Wednesday 23 July 14 20:42 BST (UK)
Thank you Craclyn.
Title: Re: Complete! BURCHELL boys living with GUEST grandparents in Dudley 1900
Post by: diplodicus on Tuesday 29 July 14 14:35 BST (UK)
Solved! The boys lived a few doors along from their parents.