Hi everyone, I'm a little puzzled over this one. I have two families in the 1881 census, one living at 4 Bedford St, and one living at 4 Bedford Str., but they are not next to each other when you use the "view neighbours" feature. they appear quite a number of households away. Could there have been an uper and lower Bedford Street, both starting at 1 etc, which makes it look this way? There is a relationship of sorts between the two families, Sarah Habens was the half sister of Henry Albray who married Charlotte Harvey, and Amelia Hardy is Charlotte's half sister. See what I mean? lol. Here are the only references I can find transcribed, so if someone has the time and inclination to see what is what with this, I would really appreciate it very much. 1881 Census Civil parish: Alverstoke County/Island: Hampshire Country: England Street address: 4 Bedford St Registration district: Alverstoke Sub-registration district: Alverstoke ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Household Members: Name Age Amelia Hardy 13 Charles Hardy 80 Civil parish: Alverstoke County/Island: Hampshire Country: England Street address: 4 Bedford Str Registration district: Alverstoke Sub-registration district: Alverstoke ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Household Members: Name Age Albert H. Adams 13 Emily Adams 8 James Adams 5 Richard Adams 17 George Habens 15 Henry Habens 13 Herbert Habens 7 Joseph Habens 48 Joseph Habens 17 Sarah Ann Habens 45 William Habens 11 Kindest regards to all, Jon

Hi Jon, On the Streetmap site Bedford St. is near Forton Rd. Gosport. Could they have lived like upstairs/downstairs? Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Nixey" <[email protected]> To: "Rootsweb Portsmouth Gosport" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:02 PM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] How many Bedford Streets were there in Gosportin 1881? Hi everyone, I'm a little puzzled over this one. I have two families in the 1881 census, one living at 4 Bedford St, and one living at 4 Bedford Str., but they are not next to each other when you use the "view neighbours" feature. they appear quite a number of households away. Could there have been an uper and lower Bedford Street, both starting at 1 etc, which makes it look this way? There is a relationship of sorts between the two families, Sarah Habens was the half sister of Henry Albray who married Charlotte Harvey, and Amelia Hardy is Charlotte's half sister. See what I mean? lol. Here are the only references I can find transcribed, so if someone has the time and inclination to see what is what with this, I would really appreciate it very much. 1881 Census Civil parish: Alverstoke County/Island: Hampshire Country: England Street address: 4 Bedford St Registration district: Alverstoke Sub-registration district: Alverstoke ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Household Members: Name Age Amelia Hardy 13 Charles Hardy 80 Civil parish: Alverstoke County/Island: Hampshire Country: England Street address: 4 Bedford Str Registration district: Alverstoke Sub-registration district: Alverstoke ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Household Members: Name Age Albert H. Adams 13 Emily Adams 8 James Adams 5 Richard Adams 17 George Habens 15 Henry Habens 13 Herbert Habens 7 Joseph Habens 48 Joseph Habens 17 Sarah Ann Habens 45 William Habens 11 Kindest regards to all, Jon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, I know a William HARDY born circa 1809 Hampshire and died 1894 in Utah. Edna - Ottawa

Hi Jon I had a look at the original images, and there is definitely something strange occurring. The description of the enumeration district only mentioned Bedford Street once - "as far as the Market House" (possibly a pub). The references for the respective enumerations are RG11/1164 fol.101 p 24 (Hardy) and RG11/1164 fol.103 p.27 so they actually appear several pages apart. Several of the house numbers are repeated, and the enumerator is the same person as the handwriting matches. It could be that he copied them into his enumeration book incorrectly and had to add others later. Regards Ruth -------Original Message------- From: Jon Nixey Date: 28/11/2006 03:05:37 To: Rootsweb Portsmouth Gosport Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] How many Bedford Streets were there in Gosportin 1881?