On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:43:19 +0100, Marion <lowe.marion@gmail.com> wrote: > I have had no luck finding them in 1881 as yet. There do not appear to > be any likely Hannah Eliza's with parents Thomas and Emily. Thanks very much for looking in the 1881 census, Marion. I thought I must have missed the SMITH family, when I was looking in my 1881 census CD. > In 1891 this is the closest I can find: > RG12/1981, page 16, folio 99 > 36 Twinnell Rd, St Philip & Jacob > Thomas SMITH, head, M, 37, Stationary Engine Fireman, born Oxford, High > Wycombe > Emily ", wife, M, 29, born Bristol > Emily M ", Daur, S, 6, born Bristol > Maude ", Daur, S, 3, born Bristol > Thomas W ", son, S, 1, born Bristol Thank you very much for this, too. No wonder I couldn't find the family in my 1891 Bristol census index as I was looking for the daughter Hannah SMITH. > and in 1901 the above couple are still in Bristol: > RG13/2384, page 7, folio 58 > 61 Old Bread St, St Philip & Jacob > Thomas SMITH, head, M, 47, labourer [pencil mark "Brewery", born Wycombe > Bucks I think this must be the family I'm looking for as my correspondent mentioned that Thomas SMITH worked in a distillery. > Emily ", dau, S, 16, trousers machinist, born Portland Dorset > Maud ", dau, S, 12, school, born Bristol I think that Maud was the Hannah I'm looking for as Hannah's third name was Maud so this confirms that this is the family. > Thomas's wife, nee Emily Jane KANE, might be the daughter of William > KANE and wife Eliza, who were in Twinnell Rd in 1871: > RG10/2564, page 24, folio 57 > 4 Twinnell Rd, St Philip & Jacob > William KANE, Head, Mar, 34, labourer, born Dauntsey Wilts > Eliza ", wife, mar, 30, wife, born Ditcheat Somerset > Frederick James ", son, 10, born St Philip & St Jacob Bristol > Emily Jane ", dau, 8, born St Philip & St Jacob Bristol > William Ashford ", 4, born St Philip & St Jacob Bristol > > if this is the correct family, Emily Jane would have been about 16 at > marriage. This is great, Marion, and it gives me something to work on. Thank you for all this new information. Josephine Sorry, listers if this arrives twice. I thought I'd sent it, but couldn't find it in the sent folder. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com