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Hi All

Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, something comes along and takes my 'brick wall' up even higher!!!!

The two ladies in the thread title were servants to a household in Pershore in the 1871 census, however, on the date of the census, the Head of the house and his wife are not recorded ... and a note reads "Head and wife from house, on a visit"?

Servants details ... Elizabeth White b1847, Pershore and Jane Andrews b1853, Pershore.

How can I find out WHO the head and wife were?

Please note that the message is only visable when viewing the actual document and that the recording of the document has 'rolled' two properties into one ... I don't believe that the two servants mentioned are connected to the 'Coombe family' as recorded.

The more I look into things, the more 'mess' I find ... Grrrr

Any help would be very welcome please ... many thanks.

Regards
Nimchimpsky

PS ... I've tried looking up both servants in the previous and following census records, needless to say they were 'elsewhere'.

Hi again all

Having hit a brick wall with the family tree, I decided to retrace my steps and work backwards to ensure that all infomation I had was 100% correct ... I now have an issue with regards to the 1851 England census.
What are the chances of a person being registered twice?
My interest is Thomas Milward (not the same Thomas as my previous message). Thomas was married to Emma (nee Broomhall) and had sons, John, Charles, Thomas and Edmund ... now, here comes the issue ...

The 1851 census shows the following entries:

Thomas Milward, born abt 1811 in Pershore, Worcestershire. Living with wife Emma, four sons (as named) and 'house staff'.
OR
Thomas Milward, born abt 1817 in Tenbury, Worcestershire. Living/Visiting? a Samuel & Elizabeth Milward (parents) ... amongst others in the house are Thomas's wife Emma and their son Edmund.

In both entries, Emma is the same age (within 12mths), Edmund is the same age (within 2mths) but Thomas's age differs by six years???

Is this Thomas the same person (he died in 1855, so there is no further evidence on census records) or are they two different people. IF they are two different people then I'd tend to be swayed by the Thomas born in 1817, Tenbury, Worcestershire. What concerns me most (and causes my doubt) is that one census would have been completed by Samuel, his father and the other census by Thomas himself ... one of them didn't know Thomas's birth date/place IF they are the same person.

Why do I have such a difficult family to trace, ha ha.

Many thanks in advance of any help.

Kind Regards
Nimchimpsky

Hi Mike

All looking good so far ... all ties in with regards to Robert Milward, 100%.

The fact that George was born 'out of county' ties up with my records too (I know he wasn't born in Worcestershire but 'whereabouts' is unknown to me ... his parents originated from Radnorshire, so could be anywhere 'beween' there and Worcestershire ... or beyond I guess).

Maria seems to be on the 1841 census and nowhere else at the moment?

Eliza, much the same,  she is there in 1841 and then 'disapears'?

Thank you once again Mike ... wonderful info ta.

Kind regards
Nimchimpsky

Hi Kay99

That would be wonderful, what a lovely offer, thank you so much.

I have a suspicion who I think the father MIGHT be but I'd love true confirmation of the father. You're so kind, thank you so much.

Kind Regards
Nimchimpsky

Much appreciated again avm228, many many thanks.

I had noticed the spelling of Grey/Gray in my search. Glasgow also appears to be the birthplace of Rosina (which rules out an Irish connection) ... but Rosina's extended family do have Irish roots.

You're a star avm228 ... sincere thanks.

Kind Regards
Nimchimpsky