Could someone please help me with a query. In the 1851 census for Farlow, Stottesdon Registration district Cleobury Mortimer - I have the following entry: John Marston, 70, day labourer, born Shrophsire Mary, wife, born Shropshire Mary, daughter, unmarried, 23, born Stanton Lacy Hannah, daughter, unmarried, 18, born Stanton Lacy Charlotte, unmarried, 16, born Stanton Lacy Susan, grandaughter, 1, born Herefordshire (Farlow?) John, grandson, 7 months, born Herefordshire The 1841 census for Butterby (?) shows the following (a note at the bottom of the page says 'detached and and now with Stanton Lacy) William Marston, 30 Mary Marston, 40 Mary Marston 12 Elizabeth Marston 10 Hannah Marston, 8 Charlotte Marston 6 I am sure that the Mary, Hannah and Charlotte are the same in both census and I am wondering if it would seem possible that Mary's first husband died and she then married someone else by the same name. My interest is in the granddaughter Susan in the 1851 census as I believe that she is my 2nd great grandmother. Thank you June

Hello June I can accept that the three children, Mary, Hannah and Charlotte, are probably the same people in both census entries but there is a problem with the adults. In the 1841 census for Bitterley (not Butterley) (HO.107/917/1 folio 27 page 4) I think William is aged 50 (that means 50-54) not 30 and Mary is aged 40 (which means 40-44). In the 1851 census (HO.107/1985 folio 266 page 16) Mary is aged 64 which is a twenty year difference not a ten year difference as it should be if they are the same person. I can't explain this. If you look at FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com there is a Death for a William MARSTON in the March quarter of 1846 in the Ludlow Registration District who may, or MAY NOT, be the person in the 1841 census entry. The parish of Farlow was in the county of Herefordshire until October 1844 when it was transferred to Shropshire. You also need to remember that census enumeration Districts can often cross county boundaries because they were based on the Poor Law boundaries. Mike ______________________________________________________ June Chan wrote: > Could someone please help me with a query. > > > > In the 1851 census for Farlow, Stottesdon Registration district Cleobury > Mortimer - I have the following entry: > > > > John Marston, 70, day labourer, born Shrophsire > > Mary, wife, born Shropshire > > Mary, daughter, unmarried, 23, born Stanton Lacy > > Hannah, daughter, unmarried, 18, born Stanton Lacy > > Charlotte, unmarried, 16, born Stanton Lacy > > Susan, grandaughter, 1, born Herefordshire (Farlow?) > > John, grandson, 7 months, born Herefordshire > > > > The 1841 census for Butterby (?) shows the following (a note at the bottom > of the page says 'detached and and now with Stanton Lacy) > > > > William Marston, 30 > > Mary Marston, 40 > > Mary Marston 12 > > Elizabeth Marston 10 > > Hannah Marston, 8 > > Charlotte Marston 6 > > > > I am sure that the Mary, Hannah and Charlotte are the same in both census > and I am wondering if it would seem possible that Mary's first husband died > and she then married someone else by the same name. My interest is in the > granddaughter Susan in the 1851 census as I believe that she is my 2nd great > grandmother. > > > > Thank you > > > > June > > > > > > ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== > List archives can found at ~ > Searchable ~ http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS > Threaded ~ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > >