He was in the army. The transcription (and the cover page of the original image) make it clear that the institution was the Infantry Barracks in Colchester where Thomas Mumford was a Private. A quick search of the army records on www.findmypast.co.uk does not reveal him, which suggests he may have died in service or left without a pension. On 26 October 2011 19:13, Gary Munford <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello to everyone on this list. I am a new subscriber. > > Can someone give me more information on the Census listing below. > I believe Thomas Mumford is a lost relative of mine, but don't know what he > would be doing here. > He was born and raised in Norfolk, so I am wandering how or why he would be > here. > > What is: > 1 Colchester First Ward > > > > What is the: > > Institution > > > > Is there somewhere to obtain records of this institution? > > > > Thank You > > Gary Munford > > England and Wales Census, 1861 > > birth: 1842 Winfarthing, Norfolk > > > residence: 1861 St Botolph, Colchester, Essex, England > > census: 1861 St Botolph, Colchester, Essex, England > > > > name: Thomas Mumford > > event: Census > > event date: 1861 > > gender: Male > > age: 19 > > birthplace: Winfarthing, Norfolk > > record type: Institution > > registration district: Colchester > > sub-district: 1 Colchester First Ward > > civil parish: St Botolph > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >