Thank,s for that possible explanation He resided in Bacup from just prior to 1840 untill his death in 1867 , the census of 1841,1851. and 1861 all state gt Bolton or Bolton and his death cert says near Bolton Keith On 9 March 2011 09:22, Martin Briscoe <martin@mbriscoe.me.uk> wrote: > "NK" is usually "Not Known". > > Was he in the Bolton area in 1851, if somewhere else then perhaps they were > not sure of the county. > > I once came across a page in rural Yorkshire with several families of > itinerant workers living in tents - Irish tinkers? They all had just about > every field entered as "NK". > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > M&LFHS / Gwynedd FHS > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of keith.hurst > e-mail > Sent: 09 March 2011 08:58 > To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON > Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Bolton NK > > On the census for 1851 the place of birth for my gt,gt,gt grandfather > (baptised st Peters 1897 place of residance Turton) is shown as reat Bolton > N K. could anyone explain N K ? > > Keith Hurst > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >