It still may be that he had died . I have quite a few marriage certificates on which it does not say deceased and I have later found out that he was . I believe it was up to the individuals marrying as to whether they put deceased against their fathers name. Hope this helps, regards Kath --- On Sat, 9/8/08, ROB SHEPHERD <robshepherd1974@googlemail.com> wrote: > From: ROB SHEPHERD <robshepherd1974@googlemail.com> > Subject: [ENG-MAN] Census Mystery - any help appreciated > To: "eng-manchester-l" <ENG-MANCHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, 9 August, 2008, 1:40 PM > I wonder if any fellow listers can help with a puzzle? > > I am interested in the Ashelby family of Manchester. > > I know the father of the family was William Ashelby, and I > have the marriage > certificates of several children > > 1840 Eliza Ashelby (address given as 68 Bloom Street) > 1849 Ann Ashelby (address given as Oldham Road) > 1849 Jane Ashelby (address given as 30 Hart Street) > 1853 Margaret Ashelby (address given as 30 Hart Street) > > I'm assuming that at least some of these addresses > would also have applied > to William Ashelby. He wasn't listed as deceased on any > of the certificates, > yet I can't find him on any of the censuses under > Ashelby. I've also looked > as Ashley and Ashby and even Axelby. Does anyone have any > suggestions as to > other spelling variants or can help to locate the family? > There was also a > daughter Mary and possibly a son David. > > Thanks to Mavis for looking on the 1851 water damaged > census index. > > Any help from the census or other sources would be much > appreciated. > > Thanks very much. > > Rob > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > 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-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html