WATSON - Dichington - Norfolk

[clocker]

I have an Elizabeth Watson born in Ditchington, Norfolk on 13 December 1840. Her parents names were John and Maria Watson. Is this enough information for some one to look at the 1841 census for me and see if they are there.
Many Thanks

[wozzle]

1841 HO107/779/book8/14/21.
if you do not have access to ancestry then i will happily post the full entry.
she was living in ditchingham but it looks like her parents were john-hannah. although it does 'nt actually tell relationships in 1841 only gender.

[clocker]

No I don't have access.........but where on earth did Hannah come from I wonder?   They arrived here in Australia at port Adelaide in 1856 and it was John Watson and Maria with daughter Elizabeth, there were more born after the 1841 census and I am now looking for those, but Hannah?

[suffolk*sue]

Its Harriett, not Hannah.





1851

WATSON
John - 40 - blacksmith, employing one man and one boy - born Mettingham, Suffolk
Harriett - 38 - born Norwich, Norfolk
Sarah - 16 - born Mettingham
Harriett - 13 - born Mettingham
Walter - 12 - born Broome, Norfolk
Elizabeth - 10 - born Ditchingham
John - 4 - born Bungay, Suffolk
William - 2 - born Bungay


HO107/1804 - Bungay St. Mary, Suffolk
Folio 108, Page 17




The same line up in 1841, except for the two children added, born after 1841.

[suffolk*sue]

From the Suffolk Marriage Index.

John WATSON
Harriett CLUTTEN

8th April, 1834 - Mettingham

[clocker]

Thank you.......... but it doesn't make sense, when they came here they came with children Elizabeth (16), Gilbert, John and Jane.  Gotta go back to my notes and reread I think. Thanks for your time.

PS......do you know of a site that shows maps of England so I can get my bearings?



also my John Watson - father of Elizabeth was 41 when he arrived here in 1856

[suffolk*sue]

Well I am confused, where did you get Ditchingham from?

Found the following family in 1851.

WATSON
John - 39 - brickmaker - born Gedney, Lincolnshire
Maria - 40 - born Moulton, Lincs.
Mary - 16 - born Gedney
Elizabeth - 11 - born Fleet, Lincs.
Gilbert - 8 - born Fleet
Jane - 3 - born Fleet
John - 6 months - born Gedney


Gedney Dyke
HO107/2097 - Gedney, Lincolnshire
Folio 391, Page 18




No extra children in 1841. Do you think this might be the family you are looking for?

[clocker]

To be honest I no longer have a clue as to whether they are mine or not. Thanks for your help anyway

[suffolk*sue]

Well first of all, where did you get that Elizabeth came from Ditchingham. Was this from her death cert, as I believe that Australian ones are more informative than English ones.
If this is the case, then the first family is probably yours and have found the wrong family in the immigration records.
Might this be the case?

Do you have Elizabeths marriage cert, which might list fathers occupation. Blacksmith and Brickmaker are a bit more precise than the usual agricultural labourer.