Hi Louise, The 1891 census of Mangotsfield certainly looks a possibility with the father's name clearly given as John Hendy SIMS If the census information is correct you would be looking at a birth registered in the Keynsham Registration District. The records for the Keynsham District have been distributed between Bath, South Gloucestershire or Bristol Register Offices. I think (but am not sure) that Mangotsfield records would be in South Gloucestershire so it might be worth contacting the Register Office, Poole Court, Poole Court Drive, Yate, BS37 5PT. Tel: 01454 863140. to ask whether he can be found in their indexes. He just might have been omitted for the GRO index. You say you've found this family in other censuses - where were they in 1881? Best wishes Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Dennis" <lad@csc.liv.ac.uk> To: <GLOUCESTER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:07 AM Subject: [GLS] Williams Henry SIMS (b.~1875, Mangotsfield) > Dear All > > I'm trying to track down my great-grandfather, Williams Henry SIMS. > > He was married in Llanhilith, Monmouthshire on the 11th August 1902 to > Emily Susan Monks CORDY and gives his father's name as John and his age > as 27. > > But I'm more interested (from the point of view of this list at least) > in a William Henry Sims (father either John Henry or John Hendy Sims) in > the 1891 Census at Mangotsfield, also born in Mangotsfield. Although I > can find the family in other census' I can't seem to find William Henry, > nor can I find the registration of his birth (For reference: Q1 1875 > Clifton 6a 174 (father William Henry), Q1 1873 Cheltenham 1873 6a 441, > Q1 1874 Monmouth 11a 19, Q3 1878 Barton Regis 6a 151 (father not John > according to the GRO)). >