I have come to believe that the name CORNISH could be found as being spelled CORISH, based on census records. Perhaps the "n" was elided in giving the information to the enumerator...? At any rate, here's what I've found in the Tolpuddle copies which I have: 1861 census: #17 Grace Corish Head 64 Dressmaker b Tolpuddle #20=John Hammett head 39 Bricklayer/ wife=Elizabeth 45 /Martha Lovelefs=sister-in-law 45 Seamstrefs #21=William Lovelefs M 54 Retired grocer #22=William Hammett; #24 Richard Hammett #25 Susan Corish Way Head W 36 Grocer Joseph Robert Corish son 11 Mason apprentice Hiram son 9 [my g-grandfather] John Lovelefs (father); Arthur Lovelefs (brother) #27 Thomas Sargent Head 33 Ag Lab/wife=Ann (Loveless?) John Corish son 12 Ag Lab = four other children Elin Lovlefs = 'mother-in-law' 57 #29 Ann Loveless Head W 75 b. Wimborne Betty Corish lodger W 75 b. Lye Common? #30 Samuel Davidson Head 82 Pensioner from Ireland Dianna=wife 74 b. Tolpuddle Samuel Corish Grandson 8 #33 Thomas Corish Head M 76 Thatcher Elizabeth wife 73 Charles Grandson 16 Thatcher In the 1871 census it looks like there might be a CORISH family, but the writing makes it look like Carish/Caush: #25 Robert Corish Head M 45 Ag Lab b Milborne St Andrew Ellen Corish wife M 43 b Tolpuddle Samuel Corish son 18 'Shepherd Boy' (#30 above?) James Corish son 16 Ag Lab Robert Corish son 15 Ag Lab Amelia Corish dau 10 Fanny Corish dau 9 Thomas Corish son 7 Elizabeth dau 4 Another possibility (William/Ellen Loveless #67) is: #69 Elizabeth Corish Head 83 b Milborne St. Andrew Does anyone have pp 8 and 9 of the 1851 census? Also, are there census listings prior to this date? Jacki Keck - Williams County Genealogical Society Williston ND 58801-4908 USA <[email protected]>