> > Jackie > > Thank you ever so much for these. I had found the census records of both Thomas Talbots in 1841 and 1851 however I had not found the 1871 census record. I believe that you are correct and Thomas did marry or remarry an Anne. > > I looked up births for Charles Talbot and found one registered in Sept 1865 in Stourbridge 6c 207. By coincidence this is the same quarter and district in which Annie's elder sister Sarah Sophia Talbot's death is registered Sept 65 Stourbridge 6c 108. This may account for the fact neither of Sarah Sophia's parents registered her death. another family member could have been caring for her when Thomas's wife is pregnant / nursing a newborn. Whether Charles' mother is Sarah or Anne will have to wait till I purchase the birth certificate for him. > > I found another possible marriage of a Thomas Talbot and an Anne in Stone Staffordshire in June 1866. However I can not find a corresponding death for Sarah ie if she gave birth to Charles then died in childbirth; her death would be registered in 1865/66. There is another possibility and that is Sarah and Thomas never married and when she died her death was registered in her maiden name. In Dec 1861 a Sarah Bate's death in registered in Stourbridge but there is no age at death given. > > I'm now looking for Charles on the 1881 census or a death between 1871 and 1881. In 1881 Annie is living in the district of Kyo, Durham with her father Thomas. She has shaved two years off her age which she kept off for the next 2 census > > Thanks again > > E Clarke > > Sent from my iPad > > On 25 Mar 2013, at 03:30, "Jackie Poole" <jackstree@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> It would appear that the first Thomas son of Benjamin and Mary died young This is the one listed on the 1841 and 1851 census >> >> >> St Michael Brierley Hill Staffordshire >> Baptism Date 12 Apr 1835 >> Forename Thomas >> Father Forename Benjamin >> Mother Forename Mary >> Father Surname TALBOT >> Abode Mount Pleasant >> Father Occupation Puddler >> File Number 31060