In a message dated 10/03/2004 20:04:23 GMT Standard Time, annehamilton@ntlworld.com writes: > Fred Norman living in the same household who > was a joiner, then I could take a guess (pure supposition) that the 1881 > census was incorrectly transcribed. > What a shame. (However, I might be wrong...) > That could be the answer. In the 1894 Directory there is William Norman, Joiner, Builder and Cartwright. of West Lane Chester-le-Street. Regards Stan Mapstone