On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:39:46 +0100 Peter L Goff <peter.goff@btinternet.com> wrote: > Presumably Mary’s elder sister helped her as in the 1851 Census James > is a scholar living with his aunt Jane in North Street. 1851 Census, North Street, Kingsclere: Jane Allen, head, mar, 38, charwoman, Kingsclere James Seward, nephew, 6, scholar, Kingsclere A 25 year old Jane Seward is recorded in Itchingswell in the 1841 Census. presumably Jane Allen (Aller in transcription) was Jane Seward born 1813, Plastow Green as there is only one Jane in my database matching the ages in these Census. But who did she marry? There is nothing in the Hants Marriage Index and nothing on FreeBMD 1841 - 1851 -- John Lewis Debian & the GeneWeb genealogical data server