From: "pamela robinson" > Thank you for your kind replies, the person that I was at first > looking for was Daisy Maud Merredle, who married James Davidson, he > was of scottish decent, and I found their marriage in London in 1907, > however I am now trying to find out about her family, I do know that > her Father was Joseph, he was 29 yrs old in 1881 census, which stated > that he was born in Bradford Milton, York. I have no idea what her > mothers name was. or where the family came from or went to, so any > information regarding them would be a great help. > > I live in Buckinghamshire, so if anyone out there needs anything > looking up here I would be more than willing to help them. Pam.< I have now reconsidered this question and, having looked at the 1881 census entry, I believe there hs been an error! Not exactly uncommon. I now don't think Joseph was from Yorkshire at all. In 1881 Joseph Merredle is in St Pancras, London, aged 29, and, as you say, his birthplace is shown as "Bradford Milton, York", However, did you notice that he had a sister Rebecca, aged 25, born in Bedford? I believe I found Joseph on the 1861 census, aged 9, with his family - the name seems to be spelt MERIDAL - living at MILTON BRYANT in Bedfordshire. Rebecca is there, too, aged 4. What I suspect happened is that when the enumerator in 1881 asked Joseph where he was born he said "Bedford - Milton" and the London enumerator probably misunderstood his accent and heard it as "Bradford", wrongly assuming Joseph meant Bradford in Yorkshire. Milton Bryan, as it seems to be called today, is near Woburn Abbey, so I think you should be looking in Bedfordshire and not Yorkshire! If you can't get the 1861 image from Ancestry or 1837online, I can send it to you. Such errors in census returns are sent to try us! Another problem solved, I think. -- 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