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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 225 Send Message	LandJ	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:50
	Maureen , thanks for all your help, much appreciated.I'll carry on searching, will be back on here tomorrow. Reggie, Thanks for your help, will take your advice when searching. Jane
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5 616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:36
	Don't see William: 1861 census transcription details for: Town Street, Shepton Mallet RG number: RG09 Piece: 1661 Folio: 97 Page: 9 Reg. District: Shepton Mallet Sub District: 3 Shepton Mallet Parish: Shepton Mallet Enum. District: 9 Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: Town Street, Shepton Mallet County: Somersetshire MASTERS, Maria Wife Married F 35 1826 Shop Keeper Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5 616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:33
	FMPAST 1881 census transcription details for: 20, West Side, Town St, Shepton-Mallet RG number: RG11 Piece: 2405 Folio: 96 Page: 12 Reg. District: Shepton Mallet Sub District: Shepton Mallet Parish: Shepton-Mallet Enum. District: Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Address: 20, West Side, Town St, Shepton-Mallet County: Somersetshire MASTERS, Maria Head Widow F 50 1831 General Shopkeeper Shepton Mallet, Somerset STEELE, James Lodger Single M 35 1846 Farm Laborer Devon PITMAN, William Lodger Single M 25 1856 Coach Builder Wincanton, Somerset LAYDON, William Lodger Single M 28 1853 Coach Builder Dublin, Ireland HUMPHRIES, George Lodger Single M 21 1860 Coach Smith Bath, Somerset
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63 409 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:32
	Try using forename and birth info only
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 225 Send Message	LandJ	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:28
	Reggie, thanks for your reply, they married in 1847 Shepton Mallet, no children,I'm using Ancestry. Maureen, That's great, it looks like them, how do you do it, I've been looking for ages. Thanks.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63 409 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:27
	For INFO....only 1851 census Person: MASTERS, Maria Address: N Side, Leg Street, Shepton Mallet RUSSELL, Robert Head Married M 70 1781 Guard In Gaol - Carrier Wells, Somerset VIEW RUSSELL, Maria Wife Married F 66 1785 Shop Keeper Ilchester, Somerset VIEW MASTERS, William Son In Law Married M 27 1824 Tailor Somerton, Somerset VIEW MASTERS, Maria Daughter In Law F 25 1826 Tailor Wife Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5 616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:24
	??? 1871 Ancestry Name: Maria Mathers Age: 45 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: William Mathers Gender: Female Where born: Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England Civil Parish: Shepton Mallet Town: Shepton Mallet County/Island: Somerset Country: England Registration District: Shepton Mallet Sub-registration District: Shepton Mallet ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Household Schedule Number: 59 Piece: 2443 Folio: 30 Page Number: 13 William Mathers 47 Occ:Grocer and Tailor Maria Mathers 45 George Read 41 George Toogood 22 John Toogood 26 Edwin Ball 31 James Townley 37 Thomas Murley 61 Thomas Brown 25 Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 2443; Folio: 30; Page: 13 Maureen
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63 409 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:20
	When did they marry? Did they have children? If so..............names and birth info, please. Which site are you using to search for them?
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 225 Send Message	LandJ	Report	21 Nov 2013 22:14
	Any help in tracing these people would be appreciated, I just can't seem to find them. I'm looking for the following people in 1861,71,81 Maria Masters (nee Harvey, born 1824 Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Died Jan 1901 Shepton Mallet. Her husband- William Masters born1824 Somerton, Somerset died 1872 Shepton Mallet, occupation- tailor I have found them in other census just 1861/71/81 they seem to disappear! Thanks. Jane

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