Census look up for 1881 and 1891-COMPLETED THANKS

[hinton]

Help wanted in finding William & Esther Thirlaway.
Married in Durham in 1879, the parish register has them as Thirkway, but r/web has the spelling as Thirlaway. Cannot find them on the 1881 census. Are they there? or are they more locatable on the 1891?  Esther bn c1858 and William c 1855.
Thanks,
Hinton.

[Ecneps]

Hi Hinton,

You didn't give birthplaces so not sure, could this be the couple (indexed as Thirlerway) in Hedworth Jarrow & Monkton?
1881 RG11/5025  Folio 21  Page 36

sometimes it helps to just look under Thir* etc to catch all spelling variations

Barbara 

[Ecneps]

Here they are in 1891

RG12/4121 Folio 121  Page 42     
5, Green Jubilee Terrace, William Street, Pelton, West Pelton, Durham

William THIRLAWAY head m 36  Joiner   Lamesley
Esther Reay   "        wife m 32       Tanfield
Mary S           "        dau 10  Scholar     Lamesley
Sarah J          "           "     9      "           Jarrow
Elizth H          "           "     7      "                 "
Fanny            "            "    4      "             Dunston
Alice               "           "     3                          "
John Gray       "         son  1                          "

Barbara

[hinton]

Hello Barbara,

thankyou for that tip of entering a few letters. I never thought of doing that, and have spent ages on the 81` Census typing in variations.  Will use that in future.  Yes, that is them on Folio 21.
and again in 91.  Whoopee.
Many thanks,
Hinton.

[Ecneps]

Hi Hinton,

You're welcome!  On ancestry it's sometimes worth just entering forename or just surname, plus maybe date & place of birth - some sites like findmypast have a box to tick for 'variations' too, which helps a lot.  familysearch needs the full name though, which is when you need to type in all sorts of variations

Barbara