Census lookups

Post by **Midgei** » 18 Oct 2009 14:02

Hi out there

Wondering if anyone can do any look ups for me for Christopher Bowles born in 1839 in Norfolk, Great Yarmouth before I sign up for more credits. I have the 1881 census which states he was a rigger living in Kirkdale, Lancs with his wife Annie and family. I am trying to find his family through the census can anyone help.

Midgei

Post by **simone** » 18 Oct 2009 16:07

Hi

a possible

1841 census
HO107; Piece 794; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Great Yarmouth; County: Norfolk; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 32; Page: 18

living at Row 79, Great Yarmouth
with
William Carr age 39 - Mariner -
Ann Carr age 39
William Carr 16
Christopher Bowles 4

1851 census Row 70 Gt Yarmouth
HO107; Piece: 1806; Folio: 98; Page: 28
Name Age
Row 79 Gt Yarmouth
William Carr 49 mariner b Norfolk, Gorleston?
Ann Carr 48 b Norfolk Clipsby
Christopher Bowles 14 nephew b Gt Yarmouth

no sign in 1861 yet

at Row 79
no longer with the Carr's in 1861
RG9; Piece: 1190; Folio: 37; Page: 30
Name Age
William Carr 59
Ann Carr 59
Harriet Sterry 43
Sophia Sterry 15
John Sterry 11
Josiah Sterry 9
Henry Sterry 7

Sterry family are boarders

Simone x

Post by **Midgei** » 18 Oct 2009 16:46

Hi Simone

thanks very much for your look up that is a great help - much apprecitated

Midgei

Post by **jan44** » 18 Oct 2009 17:55

Hi Midgei,

Just wondering if you had any of the birth certs of Christophers children, to perhaps find Annie's maiden name, then maybe a marriage for Christopher and Annie,

I have looked at the 1881 details and saw that Annie was born Runcorn and the children were born Birkenhead, and the youngest born Liverpool 1880/1.

This could be Mary Ann's birth registration.

Name: Mary Ann Bowles
Year of Registration: 1876
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Birkenhead (1861-1998)
County: Cheshire, Merseyside
Volume: 8a
Page: 493

Jan

Post by **dickiesam** » 18 Oct 2009 18:21

Hi,
Just wondering if this is his marriage? The only hit for a Christopher Bowles in all-counties search, Mar 1871 to Dec 1873, when his first child was born. And, he marries an Ann(ie).

Marriages Dec 1871:
Baylis, Ann - Prescott - 8b - 1079.
Bowles, Christopher Thomas - Prescott - 8b - 1079.

If he was a rigger by trade, he may have been a ship's rigger and been sea-going. His birthplace, Great Yarmouth, was a bustling sea port in years gone by and it's likely the sea was 'in his blood'. It would explain his absence from the 1861 and 1871.
Cheers,
Dickiesam

Post by **Midgei** » 18 Oct 2009 18:26

Hi Dickiesam

Thanks thats the one had the info regarding marrige but not all the details thanks a lot a great help.

regards Midgei x

Post by **Midgei** » 18 Oct 2009 18:41

Oh before I finish off just to let you know that Christopher Bowles died in 1881 and Ann remarried in 1882 a William J Wilmot - at Edge Hill, St Judes in Liverpool - she didnt let the grass grow.

Best wishes Midgei x