Hi Clive, I have found an 1881 census entry which meets at least three of your constraints Frederick C Preston, 1869, father George and more than 6 children. Seems to be the right status family. Wrong area, but as a civil servant, maybe they moved around? Dwelling: 14 Highfield View Census Place: West Derby, Lancashire, England Source: FHL Film 1341889 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3713 Folio 96 Page 33 Marr Age Sex Birthplace George PRESTON M 46 M Lancaster Rel: Head Occ: Registrar Of Births & Deaths Annie PRESTON M 38 F Lpool Rel: Wife William E. PRESTON 15 M Lpool Rel: Son Occ: Scholar George F. PRESTON 13 M Lpool Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Frederick C. PRESTON 11 M Lpool Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Anne E. PRESTON 10 F Lpool Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar Ernest B. P. PRESTON 8 M Lpool Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Algernon R. PRESTON 6 M Lpool Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Georgina M. PRESTON 3 F Lpool Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar A very long shot, but in the absence of any other? Best regards, Eddie ----- Original Message ----- From: "clive jones" <cj007g0070@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:35 PM Subject: [BDF] Preston of Bedford > Hi > > Hoping that someone may be able to help: Edith Madeline Preston b circa 1896. who married Alexander Wilfred Oyler on 28 Sept 1929 at Notting Hill London.Her address quoted at that time was 57 Waterloo Road Bedford. Her sister was: Frederica Elizabeth Preston b circa 1894. She was a spinster and died at 58 Castle Road Bedford in 1960. Their father was Frederick Charles Preston b approx 1865, a civil servant, in 1929 a retired Postmaster or Portmaster. They do not appear in any census as far as I can tell and would presumably have lived somewhere abroad prior to 20thc. I believe Frederick's father was George Preston born 23rd March 1818 in Cardington, son of Samuel & Edith, Farmers of Cotton End Cardington. George also does not seem to appear in ! > any census but was still alive in 1874, being mentioned in Mother's Will having at least 6 children. If anyone knows anything about this family I would appreciate hearing of them. Also if anyone has access to Kellys covering Bedford around 1929 I would appreciate knowing who was living at 57 Waterloo Road. > > Clive Jones > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To do a search of the Bedford Archives go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter Bedford in the box > >

Just as a point, Registrars were, and most still are, employees of the local authority, usual a county council, rather than central government, and any decision to move is therefore their own, and can involve changing employer (although usually continuity of terms of employment, benefits, etc). Donald Massey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward RICHARDSON" <ge35@dial.pipex.com> > . > Wrong area, but as a civil servant, maybe they moved around?