William Cannell living in Whitehaven

[erin21]

William Cannell  born in Isle of Man  Married to Alice, had a son George b Whitehaven 1840, any chance of any one finding William in 1841/1851

Erin

[CaroleW]

1851 census for Greggs Lane Whitehaven all surname Cannell and all b Whitehaven unless shown otherwise

William 32  b IOM occ labourer
Alice 38  b IOM
Ann  1 Month
George  10 
Margaret    13 b IOM
Mary Jane   8 
William  3 

1841 census for St Bees Cumberland.   

William Cannell 25 labourer - N
Alice 25 b SCOTLAND???
Margaret 3 - N

[suzard]

1841
Irish Street
Whitehaven
Cumberland
Margaret Corkhill 50 Y
William Corkhill 20 labourer Y
Eliza Corkhill 15 N
William Cannell 25 labourer N
Alice Cannell 25 S
Margaret Cannell 3 N

both families seem to be in same house but familes are bracketed together

HO107/178/6

Suz

[erin21]

Carole and Suz

Thanks for your help mmmmmm I am confused !  2 addresses for 1841 did they skip about that night when filling in forms?? dont know now if Alice was born in I O M or Scotland. Did these adults know how old they were

ERin

[erin21]

Margaret Cannell 3 N


Suz

Does it state where Margaret was born Suz?

Erin

[Geoff E]

Carole and Suz

Thanks for your help mmmmmm I am confused !  2 addresses for 1841 did they skip about that night when filling in forms?? dont know now if Alice was born in I O M or Scotland. Did these adults know how old they were

ERin

The areas for the 1841 census were a bit odd ... Whitehaven was part of St Bees, Cockermouth part of Brigham, and Carlisle was split between St Marys and St Cuthberts.  So they were living in Irish St, Whitehaven,  which was part of St Bees District.

Ages in the 1841 census were supposed to be rounded down, so 25 in 1841 ought to mean 25-29 years ... thus Alice's age is consistent in both censuses but William's isn't.

[erin21]

Geoff
Thanks for that it clears the water a bit!!

Erin

[suzard]

Hi Geoff,
Margaret in 1841 just has N after her name -which means she wasn't born in the county she was living in.

On the 1841 you just get Yes or No for p.ob.-unless it is another country - S for Scotland, I for Ireland

Carole and I both got our 1841 info from the same census -I put the Corkhill family in, as it looked as if they were living in the same premises and they may feature somewhere in future research-or the premises may have housed 2 dwellings.

Will have a look on later census to see where Alice stated she was born.
I have come across before where the p.o.b. given on a census is sometimes where they lived last or where they grew up.

Suz

[CaroleW]

Please see my original reply - 1851 census - Margaret was b IOM as was Alice.  That is why I queried the birthplace of Scotland when I showed the 1841 census details