Hi Mary & Martin, There's a Sarah born St George, Southwark that I was thinking was a good match....it all depends on the father I guess. Cheers, Sharon -----Original Message----- From: Martin Briscoe [mailto:mbriscoe@zetnet.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 11:51 PM To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Knowles/Silk family of Bolton I would say, from the image, that this is Sarah M A SILK rather than the transcribed Sarah M D SILK so almost certainly her. 1871 England Census Record Name: Sarah M D Silk Age: 20 Estimated birth year: abt 1851 Relation: Daughter Gender: Female Where born: St Pancras, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: St Pancras Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch County/Island: London Country: England Source information: RG10/226 Registration district: Pancras Sub-registration district: Somers Town ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Folio: 21 Page: 36 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 211 GSU Number: 824602 Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS > -----Original Message----- > From: GfPryc@aol.com [mailto:GfPryc@aol.com] > Sent: 26 April 2006 10:12 > To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Knowles/Silk family of Bolton > > Can anyone advise or help? > > I am trying to find my g-grandmother Sarah Silk b Middlesex > c1850 (info. > census and her son's birth certificate). She married Isaac > Knowles b Bolton. > Isaac had moved to Clapham and in 1871 was living with his > brother's family there. > > I have traced the births of their first two children in > Middlesex and Luton, Beds then all the rest in Bolton BUT > CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT HER BEFORE > HER MARRIAGE. According to the 1851 and 1871 censuses > there is a family > living in Westminster which might be the right one but how > do I know? I couldn't fnd her in the 1861 census. There is > a Sarah Silk age 2 days, different parents. I think this is > too young for her but not sure. I don't have a town or > parish in Middlesex which complicates the issue. > > Can anyone help? > > Mary >