1861 York Census look-up please - DOUGHTY family - completed with thanks!

[KAOS]

Thomas DOUGHTY(born about 1780 at Wheldrake) and his wife Ann(born about 1784 at York) likely were living in York at the time of the census-taking.

[Murgie]

RG9/3550 ED3 F45 P5

Thomas Doughty Head M 80 Bricklayer Wheldrake
Ann Doughty Mar Wife 76 York
Ann Doughty Un Dau 33 Dressmaker York
Frederick Doughty Grandson 11 Errand Boy York

Could be March Street, York

[KAOS]

Wow - this is great!

Mary

[Murgie]

1851 is the same as 1861 except there is a son called Thomas age 22 Unmarried and a Bricklayer born in York.

The address is March Street and the ref is HO107/2355 ED16 F45 P28

[KAOS]

You read my mind - I was just in the process of posting a new query and you had already done was I was going to ask.

Anyway, when you say that the information contained in the 1851 Census is the same, do you mean that Thomas, his wife Ann and their daughter Ann and grandson Frederick were together as a unit plus the new addition of Thomas(the son)?

Were the ages of each: Thomas 70; Ann 66; Ann, 23; and Frederick 1 - all born in York except Thomas Sr. in Wheldrake?

Thanks for clearing this up!

Mary

[Murgie]

I made one error.  They are all the same except Thomas senior's age.  He is 68 in 1851.  He probably felt 12 years older in 10 years if he was bricklaying in Yorkshire!  I am not knocking Yorkshire - I live there!

[KAOS]

Thanks for clearing those things up for me.

Interesting to think that Thomas was a bricklayer and that a couple of his sons carried on with the tradition. My Richard(son of Thomas) was a bricklayer as well. Then, several generations later, unbeknownst of this past tradition, my uncle became a bricklayer as well. Funny how things come full circle.

Now I just want to know more about these English DOUGHTY's - so you will likely see more postings about them in the future. I have to figure out my next avenue...

Thanks again!
Mary