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1901 lookup please

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Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 2 Oct 2007 10:12

John Powell living in Exeter devon probably In Larkbeare cottages or Melbourne Street/Place approx age 40 (very approx!) -a fitter Please can anyone find him-hopefully near a Burrington or a Sargent Thanks

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Oct 2007 10:21

Only one John Powell in Exeter.......aged 23.

Have you tried to find him on the 'official' PRO 1901 website?

Reg

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 2 Oct 2007 10:25

Here's your Burington/Sargent.

1901:
Name: Alice T Burington
[Alice T Sargent]
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: John
Mother's name: Ellen
Gender: Female
Where born: Exeter, Devon, England

Civil parish: Exeter
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address: 13 Melbourne St.

Occupation:


Registration district: Exeter
Sub-registration district: Exeter
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 93
Household Members: Name Age
John Burington 48 - timber merchant's waggoner
Alice T Burington 31
Albert J Burington 8
Albert T Sargent 16 - worker in factory
George Baker 1 - nurse child
Ellen Sargent 57 - widowed mother-in-law; charwoman



Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2046; Folio: 10; Page: 11.

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 2 Oct 2007 10:33

No John Powell in nos 1 - 8 Larkbeare Cottages which is just before 1 Melbourne St.

Or in 1-31 Melbourne St.

Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 2 Oct 2007 10:41

Thanks -thats my sargent/burrington family-but alice died at john Powells house-as is his in PO directory-can't work out why she was there!! Thanks anyway.

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 2 Oct 2007 10:42

Only Powell in the same piece as the Burington/Sargents.

Name: Henry Powell
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Gender: Male
Where born: Exeter, Devon, England

Civil parish: Exeter
Ecclesiastical parish: St David
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address: Town Barracks Devonshire Regiment, Howell Rd.

Occupation: private in Infantry

Condition as to marriage: single

Registration district: Exeter
Sub-registration district: Exeter
ED, institution, or vessel: Town Barracks


Piece: 2046

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 2 Oct 2007 10:44

He must've moved in after census day/night.