Hi Josephine Have been unable to find in 1851 but have found them both in 1861,1871 and 1901 still living in Bedminster. If you want further details let me know and I will send them. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:50 PM Subject: [B&S] JOSEPH Benjamin, 1851 census, possibly coal mining commumity >I am still on the track of the Bristol family of my Australian > correspondent. > > Benjamin Foord JOSEPH, son, of John and Hannah, was baptized on 23rd. > December 1827 at Bedminster. > > Abode was Bedminster Down and father's occupation was hawker. (Earlier > baptisms for his sisters, Caroline and Jane, at the church of St. Philip & > Jacob, Bristol, give the information that the father was a pedlar and the > abode was St. Philip.) > > Benjamin JOSEPH and Caroline WOODBRIDGE were married on 16th. December > 1848 in Bristol. > > It's likely that Benjamin was a coal miner. > > I have been looking for Benjamin and Caroline in Bedminster in Gordon > Beavington's 1851 census transcription, but have drawn a blank. Could they > be in Wales at this time? > > Can anyone find them in the 1851 census, please? > > Josephine > > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:05:35 +0100, Tony Harrison <a.harrison@tesco.net> wrote: > Have been unable to find in 1851 but have found them both in 1861,1871 > and 1901 still living in Bedminster. If you want further details let me > know and I will send them. Yes, please, Tony. I am intrigued by this family. I was wondering if there was a Welsh link as I couldn't find them in the 1851 Bedminster census, where I thought they might have been. A number of families in my tree and Ian's went from Bedminster to Wales for work. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com