Hi Brian P/c of the Brooke ​ PRs are accessible at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1416598 scroll down to View Images in this collection and click on line below then in alpha list is Brooke. I have looked through most of what is available including marriages to 1854 but can find no trace of the family. Cheers Jean On 22 July 2014 12:26, Brian Sillett via <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nivard, > > I thank you for your continuing interest interest and suggestions. The 1861 > census has his age 58 but in 1871 he was 78 and given I have his death > certificate in 1872 age 80, I assume 58 should have been 68 but it looks > like 58 on the image. > > If he was 80 in 1872, his birth year is about 1792. Given his wife Ann on > the 1861 census is age 40, it looks as if Henry had a previous wife. His > birth places on all census records I have looked at are all unclear. > > I have yet to find Henry, Ann or daughter Margaret on the 1851 census and > must have another go. I don't have any access to Brooke, Nfk records where > Ann and Margaret were born. > > Many thanks again > > Brian Sillett > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nivard Ovington via > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NFK] 1861 census place - Henry Sillett > > As in the vast majority of cases, the householder or whoever he/she > coerced into doing it, filled in the schedule > > So accent has very little to do with it > > It would have a lot to do with the writing style of the person filling > it in though > > And much to be said of the ability of the enumerator to read that writing > > He made his best stab at it and thats what we see on the pages online, > ie the enumerators interpretation of what was on the schedule > > If he hadn't come across the place name on the schedule, he would do his > best but he may be far wide of the mark of the actual place > > As the household schedules were destroyed we will never know what was on > the schedule > > Have you found the target in other census years? He must have been > around for the 1851 at least > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 22/07/2014 10:17, elizabeth howard via wrote: > > Hi, I thought it said Arborough , and immediately > > thought > > of Narborough , but even with a thick Norfolk accent ( no disrespect > > intended) spoken to a Yorkshire speaking enumerator. almost anything > could > > have been understood incorrectly .......and yes Tilletts are also > Silletts > > , > > the whole thing is as you say tricky ..... > > ------------------------------- > 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 >