Many thanks to Marlene and Anthony for their responses. My Joseph was the Hertfordshire one not the Cambridgeshire one - I'd love to find where the two sets of Macers connect, I am sure they do. He was indeed the uncle of the Henry William Macer who was in the 17th Lancers, but this was a bit of information I didn't have. Once again, Many thanks, Ro --- On Sun, 2/5/10, Rosemary Williams <ro.williams@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: Rosemary Williams <ro.williams@btinternet.com> > Subject: [HRT] Joseph Ernest Macer born 1862 > To: "Herts" <eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, 2 May, 2010, 17:05 > > Listers, > > I am having difficulty finding an 1881 census entry for > Joseph Ernest Macer. He was born in Broxbourne in 1862 and > may be living in St.Albans but not necessarily so. I do have > the other census entries for him. I have tried variations of > the surname spelling, and searching for Ernest rather than > Joseph. > > If anyone can assist I would very much appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Ro > > > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >