In a message dated 9/5/06 7:08:51 PM, eng-shropshire-plus-request@rootsweb.com writes: > According to the 1861 census John PYE, 32, was a Master Blacksmith > employing one man in Shawbury. > > Sometime around 1871, (I don't have access to the census of that year) > he moved to Higher Ercall but had moved to Shrewsbury by about 1879. > > By 1881 census he's working as a Blacksmith's labourer. > Hi Charani! Perhaps he had financial troubles and had to sell his business and/or equipment. Donna Mollaun