From: "Brian Johnson" <[email protected]> > Thanks to Ken Turner , Debbie Gomersall , Roy Stockhill , > i do appreciate your replies , thats great > You may be right in your questions but i think i am right in > the East Bradford in Yorkshire but!!!! > Yes i have been known to be wrong , let me go back to the 1841 census > where John and Mary JOHNSON are living in Clitheroe , in the " where > born " column there is a Y for Mary , i took this not to be a Yes for > born in Lancashire but rather a Y for Yorkshire because there is the > letter L used in this column > Lets move on to the 1851 census , John JOHNSON was born Ripley > Yorkshire > Mary JOHNSON born Do ( underneath > Yorkshire) East Bradford > Perhaps if some sks on this list has online access to both 1841 and > 1851 census perhaps they can offer an opinion on the handwriting ?? > Did notice on the 1851 census that both John and Mary had a tick in > the " Whether blind, or deaf and dumb" column. > There is some other circumstancial evidence which may or not > prove anything , but William Johnson ( son of John > and Mary ) my gggrandfather moved to Bradford area after he married > Ruth LORD at Haslingden 1851 ( would you believe the day after the > census) after John 1851 and Mary 1859 died maybe to work for > relatives?? > And Abraham the youngest child of John and Mary i think died at > Bradford 1872 , now this is again after John and Mary > died , he could have moved there to be with with relatives ?? I know > this is all conjecture but sometimes having a theory does help > Thank you all again > Brian Johnson West Australia> I've not heard of a place called East Bradford in Yorkshire, though the city of Bradford certainly has an East Ward and a West Ward for the purposes of census administration and voting at political elections. Maybe this is what was meant, i.e. Bradford East Ward. Can you be more specific about the ages of John and Mary Johnson, since there are scores of Johnsons of those names in the 1851? Roy Stockdill Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Thanks for your help again Roy , on the 1841 census John's age is 37 and Mary's 39 and on the 1851 census when they are living at Habergham Eaves ( Burnley area ) John's age is 48 and Mary's age is 49 so their ages from 1841 census to 1851 census seem reasonably consistent? ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Stockdill <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; Brian Johnson <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [ BRAD] JOHNSON and TURNER > From: "Brian Johnson" <[email protected]> > > > Thanks to Ken Turner , Debbie Gomersall , Roy Stockhill , > > i do appreciate your replies , thats great > > You may be right in your questions but i think i am right in > > the East Bradford in Yorkshire but!!!! > > Yes i have been known to be wrong , let me go back to the 1841 census > > where John and Mary JOHNSON are living in Clitheroe , in the " where > > born " column there is a Y for Mary , i took this not to be a Yes for > > born in Lancashire but rather a Y for Yorkshire because there is the > > letter L used in this column > > Lets move on to the 1851 census , John JOHNSON was born Ripley > > Yorkshire > > Mary JOHNSON born Do ( underneath > > Yorkshire) East Bradford > > Perhaps if some sks on this list has online access to both 1841 and > > 1851 census perhaps they can offer an opinion on the handwriting ?? > > Did notice on the 1851 census that both John and Mary had a tick in > > the " Whether blind, or deaf and dumb" column. > > There is some other circumstancial evidence which may or not > > prove anything , but William Johnson ( son of John > > and Mary ) my gggrandfather moved to Bradford area after he married > > Ruth LORD at Haslingden 1851 ( would you believe the day after the > > census) after John 1851 and Mary 1859 died maybe to work for > > relatives?? > > And Abraham the youngest child of John and Mary i think died at > > Bradford 1872 , now this is again after John and Mary > > died , he could have moved there to be with with relatives ?? I know > > this is all conjecture but sometimes having a theory does help > > Thank you all again > > Brian Johnson West Australia> > > I've not heard of a place called East Bradford in Yorkshire, though the > city of Bradford certainly has an East Ward and a West Ward for the > purposes of census administration and voting at political elections. > Maybe this is what was meant, i.e. Bradford East Ward. > > Can you be more specific about the ages of John and Mary Johnson, > since there are scores of Johnsons of those names in the 1851? > > Roy Stockdill > Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > >