1861 census in Tynemouth - look-up please?

[katemart]

Hi

Could anybody please let me have the details of Patrick and Catherine Connell (or O'Connell) in Tynemouth, North Shields, Northumberland, please?

Hopefully there will be a few kids: James, Mary, Ellen.

What with the surname keeping changing and Patrick seeminly moving about as a navvy, I am hoping this is the right couple at last!

Many, many thanks!

Kate

[stitchwitch]

Do you have approx dates and places of birth for Patrick and Catherine?

[katemart]

Thanks so much, stitchwitch. Catherine born 1826 in Cork, so 35-ish. Patrick also Cork but the 1861 census is the only one he appears on as he died before 1871 so no idea of age. Children's births are in variously Ireland, Kent (Gravesend - Chatham) and Shields, Durham.

[katemart]

Ah, looks like they might be in Kent again - Ancestry has Catherine Oconnell b 1827 with Patrick as spouse. I was using FindMyPast and they don't seem to be listed at all!

Shame as I was thinking about taking out a subscription with FindMyPast as I had been impressed with their website over the past couple of days.

[stitchwitch]

Thanks so much, stitchwitch. Catherine born 1826 in Cork, so 35-ish. Patrick also Cork but the 1861 census is the only one he appears on as he died before 1871 so no idea of age. Children's births are in variously Ireland, Kent (Gravesend - Chatham) and Shields, Durham.

If you've got children born in Shields, Durham that's South Shields. Probably not important though. Am trawling through the Patricks, then I'll try looking for Catherine in case he's not with her and the kids.

[katemart]

Oh, goodness! That's ever so kind of you, stitchwitch. 

[stitchwitch]

Yeah, I'm less than impressed with Find My Past's indexing and some of the blunders in transcription! I find Ancestry's searching and image manipulation much better, for the censuses at least. FindMyPast's newspaper collections are quite handy though. I don't trust other people's trees on Ancestry or the LDS stuff (Family search) as far as I can comfortably spit.

[katemart]

Ah, glad it's not just me. I will have a look and see if there are any recommendations re the various databases available - I had assumed that they had basically all bought licenses from the same supplier but evidently not!

I totally agree about not trusting others' uploaded trees - I've corrected enough of my own errors over the years to know how difficult they can be to unpick!

[down-under]

Hello do you have the 1861 census


1861 Gravesend Kent Piece 471 Folio 71 page 34
14 Robert Street

James Collins Head age 61 farm lab born Ireland
Ellen Collins wife age 53 Ireland
Patrick son age 24 farm lab Ireland
Henry son age 19 farm lab Ireland
Jeremiah son age 16 farm lab Ireland
Edward sonage 14 Ireland
Patrick Oconnell head age 30 farm lab born Cork
Catherine Oconnell wife age 34 Cork
James O connell son age 7 Gravesend Kent
next page
Maryann Collins/Oconnell dau age 4 Gravesend
Ellen Collins/Oconnell dau age 2 Gravesend

Pam