Hi Graham - this looks like your man: 1871 Swindon Benjamin SAMBROOK 42 Engine fitter. B Neath, Glamorgan Ann 47. B Mertherlydue? Glamorgan 1861 Bedwelty Benjamin SAMBROOK 32 Fitter. B Neath. Glamorganshire Ann 39. B Rudery? Glamorganshire Jane 9 months. B Rumney, Monmouthshire Hope this is useful. Cheers, Patsy - New Zealand. > > Hello all.A distant cousin of mine,a certain Benjamin SAMBROOK was aged > 50,and a widower,"Engine Fitter" born at Neath,South Wales for the 1881 > census.He was living at 50 Bath Street,Swindon then.[Did he work at > Swindon > Railway workshop's perhaps?] > I'd like to know if he had any children please?A possible sighting of him > in > 1861 & 1871 Please. > He was an Unmarried man in 1851,living with his parents David & Lucy > SAMBROOK at Neath. > All of his Male siblings ended up as Engineer's or Engine Fitters.Either > in > Neath or in Ben's case,in Wilts;and some in Deptford, Kent. > Benjamin SAMBROOK is my second cousin 4 times removed upwards. > Many thanks,Graham. > Graham Williams,of Canton,Cardiff. > Glam;FHS;#551.