Vince, Don't know if this is at all useful but - given the unusual name - there is this on the 1851 English census: 87 Clarence Rd, Blean, Kent Mary CERONIO head widow 56 fundholder, b. British Colony May Rafferty servant unm 53 cook b Galway IRE May Rafferty servant unm 13 housemaid b Cripplegate, LON Mary is also on the 1841 census: She is in Marylebone, London, Crescent Place [just off Mornington Crescent]: Mary CERONIO 42 Ind [independent means] N [not b in county] Mary Rafferty 50 [ages were usually rounded down, so 45-49] FS, b IRE Mary Hallen 14 FS b IRE It is not clear but they may be in the household [and certainly in the same building as and the next apt to] Luiz Pinto de Several, 30, attache to the Portuguese legation and his wife. Liane Fenimore

It was worth a shot, Liane. I don't believe it fits, though. Wish I knew what the colony was. It is remotely a possibility... Thanks, Vince On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:15 PM, lfenimore <[email protected]> wrote: > Vince, > > Don't know if this is at all useful but - given the unusual name - there is > this on the 1851 English census: > > 87 Clarence Rd, Blean, Kent > > Mary CERONIO  head  widow  56  fundholder, b. British Colony > May Rafferty  servant unm 53  cook b Galway IRE > May Rafferty  servant unm 13  housemaid b Cripplegate, LON > > Mary is also on the 1841 census: > > She is in Marylebone, London, Crescent Place [just off Mornington Crescent]: > > Mary CERONIO  42  Ind [independent means] N [not b in county] > Mary Rafferty  50 [ages were usually rounded down, so 45-49] FS, b IRE > Mary Hallen  14 FS b IRE > > It is not clear but they may be in the household [and certainly in the same > building as and the next apt to] Luiz Pinto de Several, 30, attache to the > Portuguese legation and his wife. > > Liane Fenimore > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- http://www.ehow.com/members/ds_7b3c7914-50da-4602-ad9f-8e0007b16ff9.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/333797/vincent_summers.html