Brian, would the age for the Hannah in the 61 census be consistant with being born 1838? I do know some sibblings and her father were listed as being born Willisham. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lummis" <lummis@btinternet.com> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] 1861 census > Bob Stephenson <rstephenson3@cogeco.ca> wrote: >> Good morning everyone, in the 10 years i have been researching my >> STEPHENSON/STEVENSON line from Suffolk i have never found my >> g.g.grandmother in the 1861 census. Could i please ask if someone with >> Ancestry would do a search for Hannah Choat/Choatt/Choate/Chuett in >> Barking, Suffolk. Hannah was b: 1838 at Barking and i wonder if she was >> there just before her marriage April 25, 1861 in Merton, Surrey. Any help >> would be appreciated. > > > Bob > > I take it that you have found Hannah Choat in Chatham in the 1861 census > but > she gives her place of birth as Gillingham. I see that in the 1851 the > Hannah Choat in Barking is listed as being born in Willisham. I just > wonder > if the enumerator misread his own writing and substituted Willisham with > Gillingham which was more local to him. Both places have the double L and > end with ham so I suppose it is possible. The enumerators books were > usually > written up after the census information had been collected. > > The Hannah Choat of Kent does not appear in the 1851 census which could be > further evidence of the theory. Is there anything that would connect your > Hannah with Chatham (someone naval in the family?) or Kent. > > Brian > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3233 - Release Date: 11/02/10 >

Bob Stephenson <rstephenson3@cogeco.ca> wrote: > Brian, would the age for the Hannah in the 61 census be consistant with > being born 1838? I do know some sibblings and her father were listed as > being born Willisham. Bob More or less she was age 25. Brian