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Offline MichaelofNorwich

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1851 census Great Yarmouth request
« on: Sunday 28 April 13 22:21 BST (UK) »
Hello,

Could someone be a sweetie and give me the details of this fellow?

His name is Thomas Bensley, or Bensly.  He is a shoe maker from South Walsham, born in the 1770s.  As a point of interest, you'll find him in the baptismal registers of one of the Walsham churches as Benslin.  And if I traced his family correctly, his father is a Bensling!  He has been a most challenging one to trace.  There were quite a few Thomas Bensleys born in the mid seventeenth century. 

I'm interested in with where, and with whom he is living.  That should nail it down for me.  I didn't realise he was still alive by this point until a little while ago. 

An 1841 look up would be nice, but not essential. 

Many thanks,

Michael


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Re: 1851 census Great Yarmouth request
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 28 April 13 23:18 BST (UK) »
Hi

1851 census: Norfolk Great Yarmouth , South Street

William B Sayer  hd  mar  42  Accountant  bn. Suffolk Lavenham
Mary                 wf    "     42                     "  Norfolk Yarmouth
William John     son         14  Errand boy    "      "            "
Sarah E           dau         13  scholar                 "            "
Frederick         son          11      "                     "            "
Henry               "             8       "                     "            "
Robert             "             5        "                     "            "
Walter             "             7m                            "             "
Thomas Bensley father in law 77 widower  shoemaker bn Norfolk Walsham

Class HO107 Piece 1806 Folio 215 Page 28.

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Luce, Tippett , Thomson, Dolling ~ Devon & Cornwall
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 28 April 13 23:23 BST (UK) »
Many, many thanks.  That's the clincher. 


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« Reply #3 on: Sunday 28 April 13 23:27 BST (UK) »
This census is very faded and hardly legible

1841 census: Norfolk  Great Yarmouth , White Lion opening.

Thomas Bensley 65   ??????    bn in county
Elizabeth    "       ?           
Benjamin            ?
?????
Elizabeth           65

Class HO107 Piece 794 Book 2 Parish Yarmouth

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Luce, Tippett , Thomson, Dolling ~ Devon & Cornwall
Mocquard ~ London, France
Census info is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk