Hi all, I'm hoping some kind person can help me with my 2nd great uncle William Abraham LAKE born in Bale 1846, Illigitimate son of Martha LAKE (nee Hindes), her husband Charles Bradfield LAKE having died in 1842. I have him in the 1851, 1861, 1871 census. In the 1881 census I have him living with his married sister Elizabeth BOND in Field Dalling. His occupation has been transcribed as Rly nav vy. I'm supposing this could mean Royal Navy or railway navvy. I tried a search on National Archives site but no joy & can't find him in the 1891 0r 1901 cesus. Any advice or help would be much appreciated. Richard Lake.

*National Archive Reference:* *RG number:* RG12 *Piece:* 1561 * Folio:* 68 *Page:* 36 *Reg. District:* Docking *Sub District:* Burnham *Parish:* Burnham Westgate *Enum. District:* 4 *Ecclesiastical District:* St Mary *City/Municipal Borough:* *Address:* Market Place, Burnham Westgate, Burnham Westgate & Ulph * County:* Norfolk *Name* *Relation* *Condition* *Sex* *Age* *Birth Year* *Occupation , Disability * *Where Born* ------------------------------ LAKE, Abraham Head Married M 47 1844 Agricultural Labourer Thornham Norfolk ------------------------------ LAKE, Harriet Wife Married F 43 1848 West Newton Norfolk ------------------------------ LAKE, Robert A Son M 13 1878 Agricultural Labourer Thornham Norfolk ------------------------------ LAKE, James G Son M 10 1881 Scholar Brancaster Norfolk ------------------------------ LAKE, Ernest A Son M 7 1884 Scholar Brancaster Norfolk ------------------------------ LAKE, Gertrude A Daughter F 1 1890 Burnham Norfolk ------------------------------ On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Richard Lake <richardlake1611@fsmail.net>wrote: > > > Hi all, > I'm hoping some kind person can help me with my 2nd great uncle William > Abraham LAKE born in Bale 1846, Illigitimate son of Martha LAKE (nee > Hindes), her husband Charles Bradfield LAKE having died in 1842. I have him > in the 1851, 1861, 1871 census. In the 1881 census I have him living with > his married sister Elizabeth BOND in Field Dalling. His occupation has been > transcribed as Rly nav vy. I'm supposing this could mean Royal Navy or > railway navvy. > I tried a search on National Archives site but no joy & can't find him in > the 1891 0r 1901 cesus. Any advice or help would be much appreciated. > Richard Lake. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Field Dalling is close to the Midland & Great Northern railway line and its base in Melton Constable,so perhaps railway navvy is his occupation. Richard Myhill richardmyhill43@btinternet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lake" <richardlake1611@fsmail.net> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 6:22 PM Subject: [NFK] William Abraham LAKE. b 1846 > > > Hi all, > I'm hoping some kind person can help me with my 2nd great uncle William > Abraham LAKE born in Bale 1846, Illigitimate son of Martha LAKE (nee > Hindes), her husband Charles Bradfield LAKE having died in 1842. I have > him in the 1851, 1861, 1871 census. In the 1881 census I have him living > with his married sister Elizabeth BOND in Field Dalling. His occupation > has been transcribed as Rly nav vy. I'm supposing this could mean Royal > Navy or railway navvy. > I tried a search on National Archives site but no joy & can't find him in > the 1891 0r 1901 cesus. Any advice or help would be much appreciated. > Richard Lake. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, the 1881 census entry seems quite clear that he is a Rly navvy, b Bale aged 34 . Interesting that George Bond and his family have moved to Jarrow in Durham between 1874 and 1879 presumably for work and then moved back to Norfolk .. Wm Abraham could have moved anywhere building railways or even emigrated and there are so many William Lakes that its almost impossible to find a death between 1881 and 1891 which might be him . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lake" <richardlake1611@fsmail.net> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 6:22 PM Subject: [NFK] William Abraham LAKE. b 1846 > > > Hi all, > I'm hoping some kind person can help me with my 2nd great uncle William > Abraham LAKE born in Bale 1846, Illigitimate son of Martha LAKE (nee > Hindes), her husband Charles Bradfield LAKE having died in 1842. I have > him in the 1851, 1861, 1871 census. In the 1881 census I have him living > with his married sister Elizabeth BOND in Field Dalling. His occupation > has been transcribed as Rly nav vy. I'm supposing this could mean Royal > Navy or railway navvy. > I tried a search on National Archives site but no joy & can't find him in > the 1891 0r 1901 cesus. Any advice or help would be much appreciated. > Richard Lake. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >