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Martha Bowsher - 1871 census *completed*
« on: Friday 16 October 09 19:23 BST (UK) »
I am trying to figure out what happened to Martha Bowsher (born around 1849 in Eastbury, Berkshire), the eldest child of my g-g grandparents.  She appears with the family in the 1851 and 1861 censuses, but she is not there in 1871.  Searching the Free BMD site I have found a possible marriage entry as well as a possible death entry, but both of those are from later in the 1870's.
Thank you so much for your help.
Paintin, Bowsher, Wise, Huggins, Poffley from West Berkshire

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Re: Martha Bowsher - 1871 census
« Reply #1 on: Friday 16 October 09 19:55 BST (UK) »
Hi wmsf,

1871
RG10/1255 37 13
East Soley, Berkshire
4 East Soley Farm

Martha Bowsher, serv, unm, 23, Domestic servant, b. Eastbury Berkshire

in the household of Daniel U Crook, Farmer of 200 acres

Seems she's Martha Cummins from 1881 on:
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1881&indiv=try&h=23224317
RG11/2061 31 1
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Re: Martha Bowsher - 1871 census *completed*
« Reply #2 on: Friday 16 October 09 20:07 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much, Tati.  I suspected that might be a servant somewhere. 
Paintin, Bowsher, Wise, Huggins, Poffley from West Berkshire