With regard to the 1841 Census, he may be there, but not discovered that it is definitely him. He would have been 7 years old. One of his sisters was at school at 4 years of age. What a thought to be sending children as young as that "away" to school. The Naval Training ship in NSW took them at about 14. Anne Anne Chambers wrote: > I meant to add, too, that at the age of 19, he's unlikely to have any mate's/master's certificates unless he > went to sea at a very early age - as a cabin boy, perhaps (although that doesn't explain his absence on the > 1841 census, I don't think they took them that young). My ancestors were all in their early-mid 20s when they > got their first certificates. > That shouldn't stop you from looking though! > > Anne > > Anne Chambers wrote: > >> Anne, there's a William Horne (no further details) arriving in NSW from Victoria in 1858 as a passenger >> Wm Horne >> Port of Departure: Melbourne >> Port of Arrival: Sydney, New South Wales >> Voyage Arrival Date: 4 Feb 1858 >> Vessel Name: Dunedin >> >> I can't find him on Ancestry's Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923, which >> does indicate that he may have been crew on the Wellington and possibly jumped ship to join the gold rush. >> >> Anne >> South Australia >> > > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I take it you've found his brothers Swithin & James at school in Portman Place in 1841 at HO107; Piece 678; Book: 1; Civil Parish: St Marylebone; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: ; Page: ; Line: 21; GSU roll: 438794. It's a horrible image and I'm not surprised there seem to be quite a few obvious mistranscriptions in the index. It might pay to look more closely at the images in case William was mistranscribed. Anne Anne Anne Chapman wrote: > With regard to the 1841 Census, he may be there, but not discovered that > it is definitely him. He would have been 7 years old. One of his > sisters was at school at 4 years of age. What a thought to be sending > children as young as that "away" to school. > The Naval Training ship in NSW took them at about 14. Anne >