Hi Elizabeth I don't have access to census other than NFK 1851 onwards so was unable to find the 1841 Robert which you did. I had the 1851 entry only. The bap in 1828 was a response to Janice's original mail which where she writes:- "I* am hoping a Lister may have details of John Thomas WALPOLE'S grandfather Robert WALPOLE'S parents. Robert was born circa 1829 in Walpole, Norfolk." * as it seemed to fit well. Being FSearch it will obviously have to be checked with original registers. I wonder where Janice's info came from. Cheers Jean On 3 December 2011 14:06, elizabeth howard <elizgh@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi, no worries , it is easily done as you say , and the > enumerator is to blame but just in case we all went off on a search for an > earlier marriage for Robert, he would , if the age of the 16year old been > right , only 16 years old himself and even for the fens this is an unlikely > early age for marriage !!! > And I wonder if this 1828 Robert son of Mary is the 12 year old > in the 1841 living at West Walton Smeeth . The 1841 Robert son of Robert > and Mary aged 4 seems much closer to the 1861 Robert aged 32 . > Prime Minister Robert Walpole was born in 1676 at Houghton Hall > , and was the third of 17 children , 8 of whom died in infancy . Wikipedia > has Robert as the only surviving son . PM Walpole married Catherine > Shorter in 1700 and had 2 daus and 4 sons the 2nd Earl Robert had one son > and it would seem that that son died without issue because Horace > PMWalpole`s 4th son became the 4th Earl of Orford . > Whilst this is Wikipedia it seems that any connection would be > either illegitmate or earlier than PM Walpole , ie his father Robert and > back . > > > >

Hi Jean , I found the marriage in freebmd first and then moved onto the 1861 census to find the family and then went back to the 1841 to see if I could find Robert b c 1830 in Walpole or close by . And yes I would be pretty happy that 12 yr old Robert living as a FS in a farming household . That would be the sort of apprentice the parish guardians might put out . And I would guess from Australia , Janice`s original information will have come from family sources and their BMD in Oz . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Greenwood" <jeangreenwood@virginmedia.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [NFK] WALPOLES OF NORFOLK > Hi Elizabeth > > I don't have access to census other than NFK 1851 onwards so was unable to > find > the 1841 Robert which you did. I had the 1851 entry only. > > The bap in 1828 was a response to Janice's original mail which where she > writes:- > "I* am hoping a Lister may have details of John Thomas WALPOLE'S > grandfather Robert WALPOLE'S parents. Robert was born circa 1829 in > Walpole, Norfolk." * > as it seemed to fit well. Being FSearch it will obviously have to be > checked with original registers. > I wonder where Janice's info came from. > > Cheers > Jean > On 3 December 2011 14:06, elizabeth howard <elizgh@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> Hi, no worries , it is easily done as you say , and the >> enumerator is to blame but just in case we all went off on a search for >> an >> earlier marriage for Robert, he would , if the age of the 16year old >> been >> right , only 16 years old himself and even for the fens this is an >> unlikely >> early age for marriage !!! >> And I wonder if this 1828 Robert son of Mary is the 12 year >> old >> in the 1841 living at West Walton Smeeth . The 1841 Robert son of Robert >> and Mary aged 4 seems much closer to the 1861 Robert aged 32 . >> Prime Minister Robert Walpole was born in 1676 at Houghton >> Hall >> , and was the third of 17 children , 8 of whom died in infancy . >> Wikipedia >> has Robert as the only surviving son . PM Walpole married Catherine >> Shorter in 1700 and had 2 daus and 4 sons the 2nd Earl Robert had one son >> and it would seem that that son died without issue because Horace >> PMWalpole`s 4th son became the 4th Earl of Orford . >> Whilst this is Wikipedia it seems that any connection would >> be >> either illegitmate or earlier than PM Walpole , ie his father Robert and >> back . >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >