Martin > I also found it marked on the attached map from 1855. I downloaded this > from > www.old-maps.co.uk a while back when I was looking for a house at > Commonside - you could go on the site and get a version centred on > Mushroom > Bank to get your bearings a bit better. Mushroom Bank is marked just below > Godfrey Dam on the junction of Dam Lane and Northumberland Road - not sure > what it actually is though A big thank you. You have solved several other mysteries about locations of other relatives living in the same location. I don't think I would have found this without your help. Regards Tony Beardshaw Rotherham > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Cross [mailto:martincross948@hotmail.com] > Sent: 12 March 2005 11:05 > To: Beardshaw@tesco.net > Subject: Re: [SHEFF] 1861 Census lookup > > Hi Tony, > Sorry, there weren't any house numbers. > > I assumed it was somewhere near Mushroom Lane. I did a google search for > Mushroom Bank to try and find references to it and found the following > which > you may find useful. Its part of the 1857 Directory. > > At URL : http://www.n.f.wilson.btinternet.co.uk/809-817.htm > Beardshaw Jonth., jun., file and steel mfr.; h Mushroom bank, > Northumberland rd > > I also found it marked on the attached map from 1855. I downloaded this > from > www.old-maps.co.uk a while back when I was looking for a house at > Commonside - you could go on the site and get a version centred on > Mushroom > Bank to get your bearings a bit better. Mushroom Bank is marked just below > Godfrey Dam on the junction of Dam Lane and Northumberland Road - not sure > what it actually is though. > > Regards, > > Martin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Beardshaw" <Beardshaw@tesco.net> > To: "'Martin Cross'" <martincross948@hotmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 7:38 AM > Subject: RE: [SHEFF] 1861 Census lookup > > > > Martin > > > >> Address : Mushroom Bk, Glossop Road > > > > Thank you for the detailed reply. It will be very useful. Were there any > > house numbers for Mushroom Bank (Glossop road)? I think I need to buy > > another Godfrey map to locate it. > > > > Regards > > > > Tony Beardshaw > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Martin Cross [mailto:martincross948@hotmail.com] > >> Sent: 11 March 2005 19:48 > >> To: Beardshaw@tesco.net; ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com > >> Subject: Re: [SHEFF] 1861 Census lookup > >> > >> Hi Tony, > >> They don't live in the same house, although the two households are > > next to > >> each other on the census. > >> > >> The details are as follows : > >> > >> Jonathan Beardshaw; Head; Married; 34; Steel Man. & Merchant - J? > >> Beardshaw > >> & Sons; born Sheffield > >> Frances " ; Wife; Married; 20; born C?????ton, Kent > >> Hermann? " ; Son; 1 month; born Sheffield > >> Mary Esther West; H servt; Unmarried; 21; born Eaton Notts > >> Ann Barthorpe; servant; Unmarried; 16; Sheffield > >> > >> Address : Mushroom Bank > >> Jonathan Beardshaw; Head; Married; 38; Merchant; born Sheffield > >> Elizabeth " ; Wife; Married; 36; born Rotherham > >> Alfred " ; Son; 7; born Sheffield > >> Francis " ; Son; 5; born Sheffield > >> Arthur " ; Son; 3; born Sheffield > >> Emily S????? ; Neise (assume niece); 5; born Rotherham > >> Annie Wood ; Sevt; unmarried; 19; born Sheffield > >> > >> Sorry I can't work out the surname of the niece. Its something like > >> Stippins? Maybe someone else can cast a 2nd pair of eyes over it and > > see > >> if > >> they can work it out! > >> > >> The fact they have similar jobs suggests a strong link. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Martin Cross > >> Essex > >> > >> Researching ALLEN, CODD, CROSS, HINCHLIFFE, > >> JONES, MAPPIN, MARRIN, McCREELEY, RAWSON, WEBSTER > >> in the Sheffield/Derbyshire area. > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Tony Beardshaw" <Beardshaw@tesco.net> > >> To: <ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 7:21 AM > >> Subject: [SHEFF] 1861 Census lookup > >> > >> > >> > Dear List > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > I have a bit of a mystery with a family on the 1861 census. There > > are > >> > two people called Jonathan Beardshaw aged 34 and 38 on the same > > folio > >> > page 3469 15F and both appear to have wives and children. It would > > be > >> > easy to assume they are living in the same house but I guess I > > mustn't > >> > make this assumption. Has any one got access to the census images to > >> > confirm the situation? I would also like to know the street name and > >> > their occupations? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Tony Beardshaw > >> > > >> > <http://www.my-history.co.uk> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== > >> > Visit http://www.genuki.org.uk/ for initial information on all > >> > aspects of genealogy in the UK.........For the Sheffield pages visit > >> > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Sheffield/index.html > >> > > >> > ============================== > >> > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > > the > >> > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >> > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >> > > >> > > > > > > >