1861 census please

[Welshbob1964]

Hi Sophie

Jump in all you like the more the merrier

Alas I do not think your Langs are the same. My Mary Lang (later Jenkins) had no brothers Richard and Samuel I know of, she was born 1855 to Richard Lang b. 1829 and Mary Lang nee Rees b. 1833. They were married Aug 27th 1854 at St James, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.

Good luck with your search.
Cheers
Rob

[Spudserella93]

Thanks very much, Dammit, worth a shot eh... I seem to have come to brick walls with all my lines now. x

[deb usa]

Hi  Rob,

it's been a while since I was on this thread

I looked on IGI again today and saw a William Jenkins b 1853 in the Scilly Isles s/o Betsy Jenkins ...no father. I know this doesn't fit as his dad was Thomas on the marriage cert. but I see that you also thought you may have found him there.

 I did find this though which seems to 'almost' fit with your jere's initial post : William Jenkins b Gwinalen

From Wiki:
Great Ganilly (Cornish: Guen Hily, pronounced "g'NIL-ee", meaning the saltwater downs) is one of the Eastern Isles of the Isles of Scilly. It has a maximum total area of 0.13 square kilometres and a highest point of 34 metres above sea level, located in the middle of the island. There are two known Cairns near the summit.

I wonder if this is where he was born?

deb

[deb usa]

I wonder if this is his birth reg:

William Jenkins
Mar q 1853
Scilly Islands Cornwall
Vol 5c pg 383

[Welshbob1964]

Hi Deb

Thank you for your post. Its interesting what you have said, I will revisit this line of inquiry and see. Its been a while since I looked down this line as I have been busy on another branch. I will get back to you.

Cheers
Rob

[deb usa]

Hi Rob,

I Have been looking at maps and it seems that Great Ganilly is very tiny and looks like it's uninhabited.   

http://www.intocornwall.com/engine/azabout_map.asp?guide=St+Mary%27s+Isles+of+Scilly


 I found this map from 1874, Great Ganilly is near the upper right.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Scilly-bartholomew02_large.jpg

Not sure if we'll ever figure out where "Gwinalen" is.

deb

[Welshbob1964]

Hi Deb

Cool map of the silly isles. That would have been quite a trek from there back in the old days. I doubt Gwinalen ever existed but a bad spelling by the person who filled in the census, back in those days most people could not write so others filled it in.

I will do some digging.

Rob