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MY FAMILY DISAPPEARS IN THE 1861 CENSUS

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Norman

Norman Report 10 Feb 2006 16:01

Hi Guys Have just had a look at the image. No blame on the transcriber. The person who wrote the original census page was a little flambuoyant wih their writing. If they had slanted their writing any further the letters would have fallen over. Norm

Norman

Norman Report 10 Feb 2006 15:42

Viva La Esta Viva La everybody for spending the time and effort. I had looked over and over without luck. Then I thought of you guys and a possible different outlook, which worked thank goodness. It will be interesting to view the image and see what the transcriber was really looking at. You are all heros and I suppose in this instance it would be appropriate to sign off with a goot old fashioned Danka. Norm

Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 10 Feb 2006 10:48

Sounds good to me Esta!....lol

Esta

Esta Report 10 Feb 2006 10:45

Thank-you ..... but I think we all deserve a drink for looking I was just lucky............Tea and choc biscuits all round ( My treat ) !!

Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 10 Feb 2006 10:33

Address is 22 Oxford street too....as in 1871 Well done Esta!

Jeanette

Jeanette Report 10 Feb 2006 10:29

perhaps someone should PM him so he doesn't miss it Jeanette

Elaine

Elaine Report 10 Feb 2006 10:27

Well done Esta - gold star !! I think a lot of us have spent a good deal of time on this one and just agreed they had disappeared !

Esta

Esta Report 10 Feb 2006 10:21

It took a while and in the end only looked because the surname ended with ......ING !....Just stuck to Caroline / Emma when searching as they were less likely to be mis-transcribed ! The other names are all over the place and I can only assume the places of birth are German !! Hope Norman see's it . Esta

*Starsailor *

*Starsailor * Report 10 Feb 2006 10:17

Well done Esta, He is definatley a **** maker. I have been looking for hours! Sara ps Saxony is Germany

Esta

Esta Report 10 Feb 2006 10:11

Maybe you should look at this lot.. Louis D Clayton abt 1832 Manchester, Lancashire, England Son Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire .... NOT A SON HE BELOMGS TO THE FAMILY BELOW Adhilman Rushing abt 1859 Manchester, Lancashire, England Daughter Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire Agnes Rushing abt 1861 Manchester, Lancashire, England Daughter Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire Caroline Rushing abt 1831 Preußen Wife Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire .....DETAILS FIT Ed Aug Rushing abt 1860 Manchester, Lancashire, England Son Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire Emma Rushing abt 1858 Manchester, Lancashire, England Daughter Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire...DETAILS FIT Johan Godfried Rushing abt 1854 Manchester, Lancashire, England Son Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire Johann Aug Rushing abt 1823 Saxony (Kingdom State) Head Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire Source information: RG9/2881 Registration district: Chorlton Sub-registration district: Chorlton upon Medlock ED, institution, or vessel: 25 Folio: 52 Page: 2 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 5 The writing is very unclear ( to me anyway ) but I think the heads occupation could be bootmaker...........I realise very few of the details fit but it is a possible.........all be it a long shot Esta

*Starsailor *

*Starsailor * Report 10 Feb 2006 09:55

I have been through all the German born people living in Manchester on 1861 census, and cannot find them anywhere! I have noticed most of them are visitors and lodgers, so perhaps the family is split up and the name transcribed completely wrong, we seem to have problems spelling British names correct so this could be spelt as anything! They must be somewhere! I hate to give up. Sorry. Lol Sara

Norman

Norman Report 10 Feb 2006 03:58

Thanks for your responses. Unfortunately my grandfather was a bootmaker so I would not have thought the cotton crisis would have affected him and as far as I can determine from later census none of the kids were involved in it. From later census you will note that they lived at 22 Oxford Road, Chorlton on Medlock during the 71/81/91periods and later moving to Manor Road in Urmston for the 1901 census. August and Caroline were born in German and I understand were married in Germany but I don't know when they actually moved to the UK. All the kids were born in Manchester. Maybe there was a true life 'Close Encounters' and were brought back by the Aliens in time for the 1871 census. Regards...........Norm

Maureen

Maureen Report 9 Feb 2006 16:40

Thanks Louise, that could explain it. Have recorded programme, will definitely watch it now. Sorry Norman - pinching your thread - could this have happened to your rellies. Were they in the cotton industry? Mo

Louise

Louise Report 9 Feb 2006 16:30

Hi Maureen (Sorry to hijack your thread, Norman) On 'Who do you think you are' last night they explained that in the 1860's there was a cotton crisis as no cotton was coming in from USA due to the civil war. Major starvation etc hit several cotton towns, including Manchester, I presume. NB: My rellies have disappeared ion 1881 (except two grown up sons?) Where do they go? Louise

Maureen

Maureen Report 9 Feb 2006 16:23

The same happened to my gggrandfather and family who lived in Manchester. After some research, they had moved to Manningham in Bradford to work in the cotton mills there and appeared on the 1861 census in that neck of the woods. They reappeared in Manchester in 1871. There must have been some crisis going on in the cotton industry and they had to move to find work. Maureen

Unknown

Unknown Report 9 Feb 2006 16:22

I think your lot must be hiding with various members of my and my husband's families in 1861. nell

Kate

Kate Report 9 Feb 2006 16:14

If you don't have the address, the best thing to do would be to get the birth certificate for the child born 1860 and one born 1862 and you will get either one or two addresses. Kate.

short_rach

short_rach Report 9 Feb 2006 16:12

Agreed, the aliens have definately 'ad 'em! Must have vanished to wherever my partners Gt Gdad has hidden himself!

Pat Hope

Pat Hope Report 9 Feb 2006 16:12

Hi Norman I have a family living in the Bradford area of Manchester 1861. They do not appear on the census on Ancestry but when I went to check at the library in Manchester I found them straight away. I maybe going to the library in the next few days can you give me an address? and I will have a look Pat

Kate

Kate Report 9 Feb 2006 16:10

I'll nudge up the 1861 missing sections thread, so you can see if you think they might have been in one of those places. It is on the Tips Board, by the way. Kate.