The 1841 census shows William and Sophia Torrington living in Golden Lane Cripplegate with their children including William aged 15 and Charles aged 7. Sophia was said to be a shopkeeper whilst her husband was a brazier or tin man. The ultimate aim is to find the origins of William senior (born about 1793). Devon wills have so far not proved any assistance. However, there is also a mystery about the whereabouts of William junior and his brother in 1851. By then both parents had died (1841 and 1848) and sister Sarah (then an unmarried mother to another William) was then the head of the household living at St. Luke Old Street Finsbury - a visitor to the house was Emma Madden who three years later married Charles Torrington. However, I have been unable to find Charles on the 1851 census or his older brother William, both of whom were said to have been born in London. The mother Sophia was originally from Manchester and I believe that not all of the 1851 census is available for Manchester. The common misspelling of the surname is a problem with variations of Thorrington, Terrington and the T sometimes miss-transcribed as an F. William junior was also a brazier or tin man and Charles was later an umbrella maker but in 1861 he was living with wife Emma (nee Madden) and their children in Cripplegate and Charles had no employment. If anyone can find these two brothers in 1851 or provide some ideas regarding their whereabouts it would be appreciated. Margaret O'Shea