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Offline ChrisD.Walker

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George Norris, Wisbech Census Look-Up please
« on: Sunday 22 July 07 19:50 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I am looking for the parents of:
George Norris born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in 1828.

married to Martha Norris (nee unknown) born in 1833 in Coventry


children:
Martha Norris born 1864 in London Popular although I have a source saying it was Coventry
married Joseph Freeman and had three sons and four girls.

George Norris born 1872 in Coventry, married Polly (nee unknown)

They lived in Coventry in 1881 (according to the census)

I hope thats enough information! It would be nice if somebody could look up either the 1841 for both George and Martha or 1831 for George.

Thanks very much and Greetings, Chris

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Re: George Norris, Wisbech Census Look-Up please
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 22 July 07 20:40 BST (UK) »
If you check the baptism index on Cambs FHS website at
http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html
you'll find a George

There's also an 1841 census index on the same site - but I can't see a good match

The George christened 1827 was the son of Benjamin and Amy, but I can't see him in 1841

You can't do an effective 1841 lookup unless you know the surname, so you're asking the impossible looking for a Martha born Coventry. Any 1831 censuses that have survived are of little value genealogically.

Much more effective to work backwards from what you know.

You say their first daughter Martha was born in Poplar in 1864. Freebmd at http://www.freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
has a birth in the June quarter 1864 in Poplar registration district of Martha Elizabeth Norris, which looks suspiciously like the Martha E Norris age 6 born Poplar in the 1871 census living in Coventry with parents George B and Martha.  As they appear in 1861 as being married, on the face of it their marriage should be before 1861. There's a marriage on FreeBMD in the Dec quarter 1860 in Shoreditch between George Broughton Norris where one of the other parties is Martha Gardener, which might be them.

But first I would get the birth cert of Martha b 1864. You'll get her parents' names from that including her mother's maiden name. Then you can find their marriage, which may be the Shoreditch one, from which you will learn fathers' names. Then you can decide if the Wisbech George is the right one.

Regards

David

Regards

David
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Re: George Norris, Wisbech Census Look-Up please
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 22 July 07 22:06 BST (UK) »
Thank you for your help, David!

Chris