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can't find the sims family from oxford

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 13 Feb 2008 03:54

Hi jan

I know you'd found the 1871 census, you said so

I put it up for reference purposes .... as I said in the posting!

it does help us to be able to see as much of the information on a census as possible, hence many of us "helpers" do put up "for reference" censuses if the person asking has not done so.

For example, you hadn't said he was a bricklayer ... that could be important in finding him in a later census (or on an emigrant list!).


sylvia

Jan.jan

Jan.jan Report 12 Feb 2008 23:09

Hadn't thought about emigration.

Will have a look

Thanks

Jan.jan

Jan.jan Report 12 Feb 2008 22:48

Thanks for helping

I found the same Census for 1871.
Richard was from Headington registration district and Elizabeth probably was as well.

I thought I had found them on the 1881 but it states Elizabeth was born Reading and there is a daughter, also named Elizabeth 18 yrs and born in Reading

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 12 Feb 2008 22:47

could they have emigrated?


sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 12 Feb 2008 22:44

1871 Census for reference

Name: Richard Sims
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Oxfordshire, England

Civil Parish: Willesden
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Kilburn
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Registration district: Hendon
Sub-registration district: Willesden
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 192
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Sims 33 b.ca 1838, Oxford, Laundress
Richard Sims 32 b. Oxford, Bricklayer

Address:- 105 Denmark Rd, Willesden, Middlesex



image actually place of birth .... Oxford (not Oxfordshire)



sylvia


ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Feb 2008 22:32

1871 only gives the county of birth....do you know where in Oxon each of them was born?

Reg

Jan.jan

Jan.jan Report 12 Feb 2008 22:19

Iv'e got a Richard Sims who married Elizabeth Gray 27/5/1860.
He was born 1838, her, 1837, both from Oxford.

I can only find them on the 1871 Census and have been looking for most of this evening.

Can anybody help?