Hi Roy, I think servicemen and families would show up in the normal census, my connections certainly have. They could have been in Ireland-lots of to-ing and fro-ing in those days. One other possibility-some of the 1851 census records for parts near Manchester were lost owing to flooding. Marjorie On 14/03/2010, at 5:09 AM, R Davies wrote: > Hello Marjorie, > Thanks for trying,since both you and a great > niece have failed to find him in 1851 I have been forced into using my > two brain cells! > David's father was in the army ( I believe until1852) so he may well > have been posted elsewhere.And,correct me if I'm wrong, would they > show up on the > usual census,or is there a separate one for serving men? > Roy > > On 12 March 2010 23:11, Marjorie King <[email protected]> wrote: >> Like you, I can't find David Bradbury in 1851. Have you tried looking for his parents/and/or siblings in that year? >> >> >> >> Marjorie >> >> >> >> On 13/03/2010, at 7:10 AM, R Davies wrote: >> >>> Good evening, >>> I wonder if someone with access to Ancestry would >>> look up David Bradbury B 1848 Portsea Hants in the 1851 census,please. >>> I have the search records on Genes Reunited and, while they include >>> all census'(with the exception of 1881),I cannot find David anywhere! >>> I do hope that I am not contravening any law here! >>> Thank you, >>> Roy >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 message >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message