Hi Patricia, One thing you might not have is that according to the (old, floppy-disk) version of the Graffoe Deanery index 1700-1837 marriage index published by Lincolnshire FHS is that Thomas Linham(sic) wid married Elizabeth Brown 25 Oct 1831 in Metheringham. (An updated marriage index with more information for not only Graffoe but also Corringham, Lawres and Lincoln deaneries on the same CD has recently been published.) 1851 census ref for Thomas and Elizabeth, living in Blankney is HO107/2100 folio 141 page 8. In 1861 Elizabeth is widowed, living in Metheringham, and indexed on Ancestry as Limon. RG9/2356 folio 116 page 28. Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ On 02/01/2012 10:17, PJHansen13@aol.com wrote: > January theme for list members: We are going to help you find lost > souls in the census. Tell us who disappears in 1871, for example, and our > detectives will hunt them down and report their whereabouts. We'll also > give you the piece number, the folio and page number so that you can find > them yourselves if you don't believe us. Remember, we can't send a copy of > the page to the list because attachments aren't allowed. > > ======= > > I would appreciate it very much if someone could find George Norris > Lineham, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth. George was baptized Christmas Eve of > 1836 in Metheringham. I am missing census records for 1841 and 1851. An > older sister, Mary, was baptized there on 23 Feb 1834. Since their parents > were married in 1820, I strongly suspect that there were other children > before Mary, and possibly after George. > > I do not have any of the census records for their father, Thomas Lineham > who was baptized in Kirton In Holland on 28 Dec 1795. Thomas and Elizabeth > were married in Timberland on 4 July 1820. > > So those that I am looking for are additional children of Thomas and > Elizabeth. Logically there should be additional children. I have seen MANY > variations in the spelling of the surname, many of which I have thought > impossible, but then the children in the records match up with the records that > George's wife wrote down and gave to my grandmother for future reference. > > I understand that at least part of the time George was referred to as > Norris. According to the archives in London the family had been in > Lincolnshire since at least the early 1600's. > > Anything you might find would be welcomed. > > Patricia > > > ------------------------------- > -- Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/