Heather, I can tell you exactly where Star street was in the 1891 census because we had a peat relative living at no 13. Civil Parish: Paddington Ecclesiastical parish: St Michaels County/Island: London Country: England Street address: 13 Star Street Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 15; Folio 23; Unfortunately there are 72 pages in the district and Star Street doesn't go in sequence. I'll keep looking Anne On 15 Aug 2008, at 16:38, Steve wrote: > Hi Heather, > > Do you have access to Ancestry, UK censuses? Perhaps through your > library? > > If so, select 1891, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select > London. > Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select Paddington from the > left hand column > Select St John > > You are then offered about 28 sub districts, with to the right of > them their descriptions. > >> From reading 1 and 2 I can confirm Star St is not in those :-( > > As for Slarti, that is my nom de plume on a website I am also > lurking and posting on today and I signed off with the wrong one. > > Best of luck > Steve > > Peter Straight wrote: >> Hi Sarti (very interesting name) Is this a shortened name for >> something >> or someone? >> Sorry off topic >> On the birth cert >> Registration District: Paddington; Sub-district: Saint John in >> the >> County of London. >> I don't know WHO lived at 43 Star Street Paddington, that is what the >> mum Louisa Powell put on the birth and that she was mother and was >> delivered at home. He was illiigitimate as her name was Powell; SHE >> named the baby WALTER STOREY and the registrar put "took the >> mother's name" >> I don't have anything to go on. I thought by finding out where she >> was >> in the 1891 census --somewhere in the London and district I was >> hoping >> for, we could find her. >> Thoughts???? >> Heather >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <steveshistory2@yahoo.co.uk >> > >> To: "Peter Straight" <peter.straight@sympatico.ca> >> Cc: "Essex" <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [Ess] 1891 census--Paddington or Marylebone >> >> >>> Hi Heather >>> >>> I have had a bit of a look and while I can find a number of Louisa >>> Powells, filtering them down is a bit of a problem. >>> >>> I think what I would try to ascertain is what sub district of >>> Paddington Star St. was in for the 1891 and the 1901 censuses and >>> look >>> to see who was at no 43 in each one. >>> >>> If it is the same people each time then the odds are they were there >>> in 1896. >>> >>> It could be her family, or it could be a number of people living in >>> rooms, or it could be a family with servant(s). Whichever it is will >>> give you some clue as to where to go next. >>> >>> In 1896, at least with my relatives, home birth was the norm, as >>> they >>> could not afford doctors. >>> >>> HTH >>> Slarti >>> >>> Peter Straight wrote: >>>> Hi.................. >>>> The name is Louisa Powell, her son, (my gt uncle) was Walter Storey >>>> Powell born in 1896. On his birth it just stated she had the >>>> child at >>>> home and was a domestic servant but it didn't say what family she >>>> was >>>> servant to. She had the child at 43 Star Street Paddington London. >>>> Not even her age was mentioned in the birth. >>>> He was illigitimate. >>>> Heather >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <steveshistory2@yahoo.co.uk >>>> > >>>> To: "Peter Straight" <peter.straight@sympatico.ca> >>>> Cc: <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:37 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [Ess] 1891 census--Paddington or Marylebone >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Heather >>>>> >>>>> The name of the son and if you have it, the name of the family she >>>>> was working for would make things easier. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> Peter Straight wrote: >>>>>> Hi Listers: >>>>>> Can anyone do a lookup and send me the information on >>>>>> LOUISA POWELL? She had a illigitimate son in 1896 in Paddington. >>>>>> But I have never been able to find her before or after the 1896 >>>>>> birth. She was a domestic servant in 1896 and had the home >>>>>> birth >>>>>> in Paddington. >>>>>> I am crossing my fingers that someone might help me. >>>>>> THanks >>>>>> Heather Straight >>>>>> Ontario Canada >>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>>> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >>>>>> Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>> ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>> >>>> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message