I can't help with the original question but this Broomhead family have been indexed on the 1841 census. John Broomhead 30 Ages for John and Matilda may be rounded Matilda ...... 25 Sarah ......... 4 Elizabeth ..... 1 Ref: 1337/7 15 24b Incidentally there has been a large update to the 1841 index; from 72,000 to 88,000 names in the last couple of days. I can never remember the url but Google on Sheffield Indexers :-) Actually it is, from Elaine's answer :-) http://www.sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/1841census/ John Broomhead isn't listed in the 1852 city directory. -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------