Pat, Many thanks for this. It's much more than I was expecting. I need time to go through it carefully. Thanks again Les Hardy On 03/12/11 21:13, Kith-n-Kin wrote: > Les > > 1891 London census has: > > Bromley Civil Parish, Registration District: Poplar, All Hallows > Ecclesiastical parish, London, England > > 30 Abbott Road > Edward R Pounder, 36, Tailor Cutter, born London, > Ada E Pounder, 34, born London > Ada E Pounder, 10, born London, scholar > Leonard E Pounder, 6, born London, scholar > Thomas H Pounder, 1, born London > George S Barnes, boarder, 26, Engineer& Fitter, b Cumberland Silloth > > Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 328; Folio 29; Page 3; GSU roll: > 6095438. > > In 1901, Ada E Pounder is in Little Wakering, County Essex: > > Ada E Pounder, 44, widow, Grocer shop keeper at home, b London (Bow) > Ada E Pounder, 20, b London (Bromley) > Thomas Pounder, 11, b London (Popler > Harry Prior, nephew, 19, grocers assistant, b London Limehouse > > Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 1685; Folio: 45; Page: 17. > > I found Leonard in 1915, as you did, but that's all I found. However, there > were a couple of other Leonard Pounders, (but not Leonard E) so I'd be > cautious that the one's I found in the census is the one you seek. > > Either he was "out of the country" for the 1901 and 1911 census, or his name > was badly mangled by the enumerators. > > I have been unable to find Edward and Ada before the 1891 census -- again, > suspect spelling to be an issue. > > Did find Edward Robert Pounder in the BMD marriages: > > Edward Robert Pounder -- Jan-Feb-Mar 1879, Poplar, London - 1c. 475 > > Ada Elizabeth Prior is listed similarly in Jan-Feb-Mar 1879, Poplar, London > -- Vol 1c. p 475 > > Which matches the nephew in the 1901 census. > > But, why are they not in the 1881? There are 11 Pounders in Poplar in 1881, > but none as Edward R, E R, or Ada Elizabeth, or any combination. Help! Two > more a mother and son, in Islington, and one in Ratcliffe. > > The children appear in the FreeBMD as: > > Pounder, Ada Elizabeth, Poplar, 1 c. 687 -- Q2 Apr May Jun 1880. > Pounder, Leonard Edward, Poplar, 1 c. 726 -- Q1 Jan Feb Mar 1885 > Pounder, Thomas Harold, Poplar, 1 c. 651 -- Q3 Jul Aug Sep 1889 > > In the Free BMD Death Index, we find > > Edward Robert Pounder, 45, Rochford, Essex, 4 a. 315 -- Apr May Jun 1900 > Ada E Pounder, 57, Rochford, Essex, 4 a. 614 -- Jul Aug Sep 1914. > > Leonard E Pounder, 68, Surrey, Surrey, 5 g 1166 -- Jan Feb Mar 1953 > > Could Leonard have joined the military bef 1901? He would be 15 or 16, seems > a little young. > > Well, all I have. Hope this helps. > > Pat > In Tucson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Les Hardy > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 11:25 AM > To: GEN-NEWBIE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GN] Research advice for London area > > Could someone advise me as to what records are available for the London area > 1885 to 1915. > > I'm trying to gather information on a Leonard Edward Pounder, who was > baptised at All Saints, Poplar in 1885. He disappeared, and then turned up > again in 1915, when he married Dorothy Gladys Brown in Sheffield, Yorkshire > > I was hoping to find out where he was for 30 years. All the rest of the > family stayed around London and Croydon. > In 1915 he was a marine engineer. > > Les Hardy > > > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >