« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 12 April 06 01:13 BST (UK) »
Hi Rena,
I couldn't find James & Elizabeth WALLIS/WILLIS in 1841 for Filey or any children but could this be Elizabeth in 1851
Chapel Yard
COWLING Richard Head 53 Fisherman Filey
Elizabeth wife 48 Robin Hoods Bay
John son 18 Fisherman Filey
Jacob son 16 Fisherman Filey
William son 11 Filey
WALLIS Elizabeth step dau 14 Scarbro
Hannah step dau 9 Filey
William step son 7 Filey
and could this be Martha
Church St
DUNN Elizabeth Head Wid 35 Grocer Grofon
BARKER William son 12 Scholar Grofton
DUNN John son 3 Filey
Ellen dau 10 mts Filey
ROUTH Adam lodger U 26 ? Hawes
Margaret serv U 16 Servant ?
WALLIS Martha serv 11 Nurse Filey
MENSLEY John lodger M 50 Joiner Leeds
Sandra
Aus
Hi Sandra,
I think you've got a success story - she sure looks like Martha to me - a nurse at 11??!!? Thanks for looking at the 1841 Filey census - I'd read there were 1841 indexes for a few areas but didn't know if they'd been updated. Your surname isn't Phillips by chance is it? My dau took me for a tarot card reading today and as she was clearing away the cards after telling me to look after my money, I was moving house, etc., she came out with "William born April; 1904, Whitby" (yes he was & I phoned S.Shields yesterday to enquire about court case records -maybe the records are in whitby?), then she said, "he smuggled whiskey, jewels, rubies; operated from top of Scotland glencoe to France and the Mediterranean; surname Phillips." Funny thing was his descendant had the biggest ruby ring you've ever seen!
Thanks again it's much appreciated.
Rena in Lancashire
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