1851 Cenus Lookup for McGhie / Sample

[kdtingley]

Looking for this family

William Sample b 1819, Newcastle, England.    Glassmaker
Ellen         "      b  1826  Dumbarton, Sct,
Maybe   sons on census
John McGhie Sample   b  1848 Dumbarton
James Robert Sample b   1851         "
William Sample m Helen McGhie, 17 sept 1847 in Dumbarton.
Sample could also be Semple.
Thankyou Karen

[runningbear]

i've tried and i've tried but no matter what permatations i put into my search i cannot find them in england or scotland in 1851.

no doubt you have them living in somerset in 1861?

1861 census; wraxhall, somerset

william...head...age 41...glass maker...born newcastle
ellen...wife...age 35...born scotland
john...son...age 13...born scotland (30/7/1848 dumbarton)
james r...son...age 9...born scotland (28/5/1851 dumbarton)
william...son...age 7...born somerset

so ellen was pregnant with james when the census was carried out, but where was she??


Joe

[kdtingley]

Thanks Joe
 Yes found the 1861 awhile ago. Isn't it funny how people & families appear & disappear at will from life as we know it  or dont appear at all but we know they existed. Next will try the varied spellings of Semple / Sample etc and see what turns up.
All the best
Karen