The only combination of Jane Boothman and Joseph Lawson which came up on Free BDM was at Clitheroe this is in Lancashire and Gisburne is in WRY. Don't know if this is of any help ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Regan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: [WRY] Strange or incorrect census entry? Help, please! >I have been puzzling over an entry in the 1851 census (the actual image) >for > the two participants in a marriage, Jane Boothman and Joseph Lawson. > Until > I saw it, I had so much evidence as to the parentage of both Jane and > Joseph > that I had no doubt that I had identified the correct couple. According > to > Ancestry, Lancashire BMD and Free BMD the said Jane and Joseph were > married > in Gisburne Oct-Dec 1850 but of course the fathers are not given. I have > the > Gisburne microfiche for the period but would you believe, although Jane > and > Joseph are in the index under the same number, that page of 15 entries is > missing...aargh! > > > > This is the 1851 entry: > > > > 1851 Gisburne Cotes Farm > > > Boothman James Head,Widr, 60 Farmer of 80 acres Waddington > Jane Dau, 26 unmarried Farmer's Daughter Downham > Thomas Son Farmer's Son Downham > Hannah Dau, 14 Farmer's Daughter Downham > William Son, 11 Gisburne > > > Joseph Son, 7 Gisburne > > > Lawson Joseph Visitor, 26 Farmer's Son Gargrave > > > > > > So here we have an unmarried Jane Boothman being visited by Joseph Lawson > a > married farmer's son, who I am certain has been her husband since the last > quarter of 1850. It seems an unlikely mistake for any of the family to > make > or maybe whoever gave the information was drunk! > > > > As an example of the evidence I have, Jane's mother's maiden name was > Hayes > and Jane had a younger brother, Thomas Hayes Boothman, and named one of > her > own sons, William Hayes Lawson. Also Jane and Joseph's eldest daughter > Mary > Anne Lawson was born at Gisburne Coates in May 1851 (where Jane's widowed > father, was still living). > > > > There are so many certificates I really need to buy and I don't want to > have > to spend money on one when I am 99.99% convinced I already have the > answers! > > > > > Can anyone explain this strange census entry? Any thoughts or ideas would > be very much appreciated. > > > > Cheers > > > > Sue > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > 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