Many thanks Nivard, I think the predictive texting took over as I thought I had put Butlersome! It sounds so weird that it could well be him in the asylum I would think. Thanks for having a look, he obviously didn't make it as a comedian or a green grocer either! I have Butler on my tree and did wonder if he might be just plain Butler. Eileen. Sent from my iPad > On 1 Dec 2014, at 08:00, [email protected] wrote: > > > > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: 1851 census mystery comedian listed (Nivard Ovington) > 2. Consular Service in 1830s (Nicholas Wilson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:47:22 +0000 > From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LON] 1851 census mystery comedian listed > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Hi Eileen > > Not that it helps terribly much but if you look at the 1851 the name is > enumerated as BUTLERSOME > > But does not seem to appear in any other record > > There is a W B of the right age and birthplace in an asylum in 1861 but > as a grocer so perhaps not he > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> On 27/11/2014 14:53, eileen/pat via wrote: >> I have just found a copy of the 1851 census for Maidstone in >> Kent.piece HO107 1617 page 45 I obviously had it for a Frances >> Davis listed as a house servant as I had marked it. but I was >> mystified by an entry for a comedian lodging with the Davis family. >> It looks like William Butlerson aged 34 so I thought I would do a >> google but he obviously wasnt famous enough and I wondered if anyone >> had encountered him on other records? Just curious. Eileen. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:39:59 -0800 > From: Nicholas Wilson <[email protected]> > Subject: [LON] Consular Service in 1830s > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello, > > I have by picking here and there found a sparse record of persons serving > in the British consular service in the first half of the 19th century but > would like to know if there is single source I can scan, or the name of the > Government office I should approach. > > Thanks, > > Nick > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LONDON list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the LONDON mailing list, send an email to [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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of LONDON Digest, Vol 9, Issue 161 > **************************************