Right, I was talking about John and his wife.
1851
HO107/1905 610 31
St Enoder, Cornwall
address: 'Hobs'
John Hocking, head, 43, Stone Cutter, b. Ladock
Christian, wife, 43, b. Newlyn
William, son, 16, b. St Enoder
Catherine, dau, 12, scholar, b. do.
Emma, dau, 9, scholar, b. do.
John, son, 7, scholar, b. do.
Selina, dau, 4, b. do.
Edward, son, 1, b. do.
Tanja
Tanja,
This is so odd!
There is too much perfectly right for
it to just be a coincidence, yet something
is amok.
They live in the right place (St Enoder) and John is still a
stone cutter, but he and his wife, who are both 30 in 1841
have aged 13 years in only ten years
(they are both now listed as 43). And as you said, the wife
has changed from Catherine to Christian, but she is still the
same age as her husband.
William, who was 7 in 1841 is still about the
right age at 16. Also Catherine (age 2 in 1841) is the right age
in '51 at 12. Little Philippa (5) and Amy (2m) are missing,
but they could have died. How sad!!!
The wife could be the same or not. Now I need to find
a birth certificate for William Hocking, son of John.
I love the way your new census info about '51 has John's
place of birth! Yay! And if Catherine and Christian are one in
the same, her birthplace is also valid!
Thank you!!! Thank you!!!
Corney