Genealogy Chat

On the 1981census RG12/ 3051 I have 3 children living alone. John age 10, Dominick age 6 and Mary Ann age 7. All Bolan step children living at no 25 Stuart St. Is it usual for children to be listed as step children without parents?. How do I trace the parents? Quite by coincidence on the same page is the person that I was really searching for. Richard Moore age 7 living at no 15 Stuart St. Now later in life I know for sure that he married a Mary Ann Bolan. Is this too much of an easy coincidence? Any ideas please. Thanks Denise. Also please can you tell me how to put my messages in paragraphs, I type them in paragraphs but then It jumbles them all together.Thanks again.

I cant find them in 1881. Can you give more details re place etc. GR always jumbles the first box, if you have a lot to write, just put 'Please see below' in the first box and then add another message to put the info into paras.

hiya, to get message all nice you need to type a brief request in box and put please see below, then add it too thread, once thread is posted go into it and reply to yourself, hope this helps Julie

Hi Heather, Living in Wigan municipal ward of St Patricks. The head of Richard Moore is Michael Moore . Thanks.

Do you mean 1891 census? Also the initial message never appears in paragraphs - hope that helps Penny

I don't believe they are living alone. Although they are at the top of page 19 I think they are part of the family at the bottom of page 18: Michael Counell head 39 coal miner b.Wigan Eliza Counell, wife, 27 b. Standish, Lancs Andrew Counell son 2 b Wigan James Counell son 9 months b Wigan nell

hiya, could you please post where stuart street is?? and all info that you know, that way, we can all see what you mean, i would thik though that the children are living with another family, possibly a parent has remarried, but children still have original surname Julie

Same as Helen says - they all live at number 25 - the house occupants are just split over 2 pages Micheal Connell abt 1852 Lancaster; Wigan Head Wigan Lancashire Eliza Connell abt 1864 Lancaster; Standish Wife Wigan Lancashire Andrew Connell abt 1889 Lancaster; Wigan Son Wigan Lancashire James Connell abt 1890 Lancaster; Wigan Son Wigan Lancashire John Bolan abt 1881 Lancaster; Wigan Stepson Wigan Lancashire Mary A Bolan abt 1884 Lancaster; Wigan Stepdaughter Wigan Lancashire Dominick Bolan abt 1885 Lancaster; Wigan Stepson Wigan Lancashire

This is how it /should/ read... 1891 Micheal Connell abt 1852 Lancaster; Wigan Head Wigan Lancashire Eliza Connell abt 1864 Lancaster; Standish Wife Wigan Lancashire Andrew Connell abt 1889 Lancaster; Wigan Son Wigan Lancashire James Connell abt 1890 Lancaster; Wigan Son Wigan Lancashire John Bolan abt 1881 Lancaster; Wigan Stepson Wigan Lancashire Mary A Bolan abt 1884 Lancaster; Wigan Stepdaughter Wigan Lancashire Dominick Bolan abt 1885 Lancaster; Wigan Stepson Wigan Lancashire

Hi NL ... TBoy is looking for you! Lass

Ive only just decided it should be 1891 and now you all beat me to it! Thank god, I thought I was going mad trawling 1881!

Thank You all. How do you do it so quickly? Nell yes you are right, I never thought of that. It makes sense as somewhere I have a Connell as a witness on one of my Moore marriages. Thanks again Regards Denise.

I wasnt the Connell person. The thing is ALWAYS look at the image and particularly if someone is at the beginning or the end of the page look before and after.

1881 Eliza Bolan abt 1863 Wigan, Lancashire, England Wife Wigan Lancashire View Record Thomas Bolan abt 1856 Ireland Head Wigan Lancashire

From freebmd Marriages Sep 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOLAN Eliza Wigan 8c 117 CONNELL Michael Wigan 8c 117 Robinson James Wigan 8c 117 STEWART Mary Anne Wigan 8c 117

So sorry Heather, I hope to get better soon lol at typing I mean Thanks Denise.

hiya, it comes with practise doing searches so quick, but it does help if you have as much info at the start, which helps to narrow things down alot. no matter how insignificant you think it could be the vital clue which finds the family, on the subject of the Moore/Bolan marriage if you know fathers names, would another census search help to locate family before they became connels???? just a thought Julie

Thomas Bolan Birth Date: abt 1856 Year of Registration: 1885 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Age at death: 29 District: Wigan County: Greater, Manchester, Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 34 (click to see

Thanks everyone for the info and advice.I really do appreciate it. Hopefully with all the good advise I have been given I will soon get better at it. Regards Denise.