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

Hi Josephine, This is the only one I could come up with - though if it is him, its a bad error. 1851 Census JEFFERIS, Benjamin Head Married M 23 1828 Minor Mangotsfield Gloucestershire JEFFERIS, Caroline Wife Married F 24 1827 Stapleton Gloucestershire JEFFERIS, George Son M 0 (2 MOS) 1851 Stapleton Gloucestershire RG number: HO107 Piece: 1955 Folio: 319 Page: 9 Registration District: Clifton Sub District: Stapleton Enumeration District: 2B Ecclesiastical Parish: Civil Parish: Stapleton Municipal Borough: Address: Lodge Causeway, Stapleton County: Gloucestershire Do you think this could be him? Jan ----- 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. > > Josephine > > >