Sally, Thank you so much for the very quick reply! Would you mind me asking where the information comes from because I am confused why my searches found nothing. Thanks again Ian -----Original Message----- From: sally roberts Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 10:36 AM To: englanbolton Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Morris & Bulmer - Bulmer on census from 1861 - 1881 1881 Name: Sophia Bulmer Age: 15 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866 Relation: Sister Gender: Female Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Middle Hulton County/Island: Lancashire Street Address: 31 Peter Street Occupation: Cotton Weaver Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Hulton Matilda Bulmer 26 Emily Bulmer 18 Sophia Bulmer 15 1871 Name: Sophia Bulmer Age: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866 Relation: Sister Gender: Female Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Ecclesiastical parish: Emmanuel Town: Bolton 130 Cannon Street Margaret Bulmer 21 Head Theadore Bulmer 19 Elizabeth Bulmer 17 Matilda Bulmer 16 Maria Bulmer 14 Edmund Bulmer 11 Emily Bulmer 8 Sophia Bulmer 5 1861 Name: Thomas Bulmer Age: 39 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Bulmer Gender: Male Where born: Rumworth, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Ecclesiastical parish: Emanuel Town: Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: 59 Cannon Street Occupation: Thomas Bulmer 39 Book keeper Mary Bulmer 35 born Little Bolton Margaret Bulmer 11 Theodore Bulmer 9 Elizabeth Bulmer 7 Matilda Bulmer 6 Maria Bulmer 4 Edmund Bulmer 1 Regards, Sally ---------------------------------------- > From: ianbrooke@hotmail.com > To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:23:44 -0700 > Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Morris & Bulmer > > Hi, > I was wondering if anyone can help me push down 2 walls? In Aug 1886 John Morris married Sophia Bulmer in Bolton but I cannot get any further back than this. > > Their marriage certificate shows John’s father as William Morris, a painter, and I believe his mother’s name was Nancy (from census) but I don’t know her maiden name. There were way too many Morris’s around for me to locate the right one. > > The certificate gives no information on Sophia’s father and I so far have been unable to locate her on any census prior to 1891 when she was married to John. > > Any information on either family would be most welcome. > > Thanks > Ian > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > 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 :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: 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

I subscribe to Ancestry and did all of the searching on that. Hopefully you'll be able to build on the trail, but if not then you know where to come :o) Regards, Sally