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help reading 1851 census please

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Carter

Carter Report 26 Mar 2008 10:45

hi i wonder if sone one could help me to read the 1851 census result for the family below. i know this ounds stupid but i left my reading glasses at work yesterday and cant find my spare pair think they are in the car and my son had taken the car today !! doh !!
thanks linda x

1851 England Census
about Thos Lamb
Name: Thos Lamb
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizth
Gender: Male
Where born: Wales

Civil Parish: Dukinfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Sub-registration district: Dukinfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 1r
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 279
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Lamb 23
Elizth Lamb 47
Henry Lamb 27
John Lamb 25
Joseph Lamb 19
Purdence Lamb 12
Swah Lamb 14
Thos Lamb 53
William Lamb 20


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Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2237; Folio: 631; Page: 76; GSU roll: 87249

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Mar 2008 10:55

What do you want to know? You seem to have all the relevant details............

Carter

Carter Report 26 Mar 2008 10:57

i reggie when i open the census i cant read the images very well could you tell me what occupations they had and thier address. so miss my glasses i have called my son to ask him to drop off my spare set
sorry for not making it clear !!
linda

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Mar 2008 11:10

Give me a min..........

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 26 Mar 2008 11:11

1851 census
Astley St., Dunkinfield,
Thos. Lamb, head, 53, fine brick maker, born Wales
Eliz'th, wife, 47, born Wales
Henry, son, 27, (something?) maker, born Wales
John, son, 25, widower, engine man, born Lancs, Oldham
William, son, 20, brick maker, born Cheshire, (somewhere?)
Joseph, son, 19, brickmaker, born same as above
Ann, dau, 23, cotton weaver, born Lancs, Ashton
Sarah, dau, (age?0, milliner's apprentice, born Cheshire (same as previous unreadable)
Prudence, dau, 12, born same as above

That's how I read it but it's a difficult one to read even with glasses!

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Mar 2008 11:13

William & Joseph..........Brick makers
Ann.........Cotton Weaver
Sarah.......Milliner's apprentice
John jnr.........Engine ?Driver?
John snr & Henry............ Fire Brick Makers


Address: Astley St

Reg

Carter

Carter Report 26 Mar 2008 11:18

thank you everyone you are all superstars to me
linda x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 26 Mar 2008 11:21

Ancestry have transcribed Sarah and Prudence's birthplace as Dukinfield, but said the county was Cheshire rather than Lancashire.

Kath. x

Carter

Carter Report 26 Mar 2008 11:26

thanks for that kath
linda x