Thanks for trying Alan Maybe he's somewhere else in Hampshire as he left Wiltshire before 1851 I'll check on the reference you gave just in case his age was noted wrongly. With luck he will be with his father William Regards Dot > He is not in the HGS 1851 Census Index for Southampton. > There is an Edmund Gurd aged 30 at HO 107/1669 folio 407. > > Alan McGowan > Hampshire Family History Site http://website.lineone.net/~hantshistory > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gulliver@gotadsl.co.uk> > To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 9:00 AM > Subject: [ENG-HANTS] 1851 Census Edwin GURD > > I am hoping some kind person will be able to find Edwin GURD for me in the > 1851 Census and maybe also his father William. > According to his marriage details and the Censuses Edwin was born in about > 1830. > > Edwin married in 1854 > 3.4.1854 Register Office Southampton > Edwin Gurd age 24; bachelor; Painter; of 1 Northam St; father - William > Gurd (occupation - Brewer) > Margaret Dickman; age 25; widow; of 1 Northam St; father - Charles Whatley > (Cordwainer) > > In the 1861 and 1871 Censuses Edwin says he was born in Ludwell, Wilts > (Ludwell is part of Donhead St Mary). I can't find Edwin or his father > William in Wiltshire in 1841 or 1851. > > 1861 Census Southampton , Hants > 24 Amoy Street > Edwin Gurd; Head; 31; House Decorator; b. Ludwell, Wilts > Margaret Gurd; Wife; 31; b. Southampton, Hants > Margaret Whatley; M in Law; Wid; 60; b. Southampton, Hants > John Whitehorn; Lodger; Single; 20; Gardener; b. Southampton, Hants