Hello Myshell
Mansfield isn't that common a name or certainly wasn't in 1841/1851 and being a blacksmith wasn't part of every family...so with that in mind
Are these Mansfield's connected in anyway?
Grays was an area where their was much employment because of the chalk pits extracting chalk to make cement and fertilize the fields
1841
Kemps Farm, South Ockendon, Essex
Robert Mansfield.......25.....blacksmith.......no
Ann..............."...........25............................yes
Sarah............"...........4..............................yes
Robert..........."...........2..............................yes
Richard Bearman.......25.............................yes
Sarah........."..............20.............................yes
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1841
Leading to Bond Street, Grays
Robert Mansfield.....45......ag lab...............no
Sarah.........."...........40..............................no
Sarah.........."...........7................................yes
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1851
Bond Street, Grays, Essex
William Mansfield........head...35...blacksmith....Henet, Suffolk
Sarah.........."..............wife.....34........................Aylesbury, Bucks
Robert........."...............son.....11...blacksmith....Stifford, Essex
James.........."...............son......9........lab............Stifford, Essex
Thomas......."................son......1.........................Stifford, Essex
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1861
Fobbing, Essex
William Mansfield....head...45...blacksmith....Fobbing, Essex
Eleanor......."..........wife.....33........................Fobbing, Essex
Robert........"...........son......21........................Fobbing, Essex
James........."...........son......19........................Fobbing, Essex
Thomas......"............son......11.......................Fobbing, Essex
Ellen..........."............daur.....18 months..........Fobbing, Essex
William........"............son.......3 months...........Fobbing, Essex
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