Hi Marilyn, Looks as though you have the correct couple . . . . .! If you go to http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1201904875546 Click on Europe > England Diocese of Durham Bishops' Transcripts ca 1790-1900 >Durham > Kelloe > 1762-1852 > page 276 of 723 there is the following baptism:- *1839, April 6th, Margaret 2nd dau of Henry CLOUGH and Alice (late BARRASS) East Hetton, Pitman. At Haswell > Page 68 of 173 are the burials for the three CLOUGH boys in 1844. At Haswell > Page 74 of 173 is the baptism for Alice in 1844. The family were indexed as CHEFF on Ancestry for the 1841 census, at Coxhoe, so not surprising that they were hard to find -). (I have helped out a neighbour where her ancestor was a coal miner, and this man only appeared in one out of three different census years. We thought the same thing, that he was down the mine on census night. The wife was listed as the first person in the household and down as 'wife' 'married' on two of the census nights.) Cheers Linda

From 1851 The instructions to the enumerator were that no person present on census night were to be omitted, and no person absent included. If individuals were working that night, or were travelling, they would be enumerated in the house to which they would normally return on the morning after they had finished their shift, or where they were to stay at the next stop on their journey.But in filling in the schedule did the householders always understand what information was required? Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: Linda Price <lindavpri@optusnet.com.au> To: ENG-DURHAM@rootsweb.comENG-DURHAM@rootsweb.com; Watson Family <watsonb@iinet.com.au> Sent: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 2:07 Subject: Re: [ENG-DURHAM] re CLOUGH and BARASS (I have helped out a neighbour where her ancestor was a coal miner, and this man only appeared in one out of three different census years. We thought the same thing, that he was down the mine on census night. The wife was listed as the first person in the household and down as 'wife' 'married' on two of the census nights.) Cheers Linda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DURHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.