Hello Pat, Have you considered that the employer of Ann and Martha might usually live at that address, but be away from home on census night? Best wishes, Chris Townsend ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Wade" <pmwade@optusnet.com.au> To: <eng-surrey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [SRY] census details > Hi Nivard, > > I did mean female servant gee I'm getting old :-) > > Thank you - > > What I had for an entry in the 1841 census was - > At Tower Hamlets, Shoreditch > Ann Freeman aged 55 [House???] Y > ?(Martha) Freeman aged 25 FS Y > John Freeman aged 3 Y > > And I if this is my ANN, I would not expect her to > have the money for a FS but if this was a daughter > (cannot find a Martha as yet), daughter-in-law or > other relative and she worked elsewhere then that > could make sense. > > Or maybe they just put FS and she didn't work for > money. > > Oh well back to the drawing boards. > > Thank you > Pat