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Elijah Richmond

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Diane

Diane Report 10 Oct 2007 21:18

Can anyone find anything on Elijah Richmond. As shown in the1851 census for reference. All his siblings born in Burnham too.

I can't find Elijah or James (Jas) on any subsequent census, nor on the death index.

puzzled....




1851 England Census
about Elijah Richmond
Name: Elijah Richmond
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Relation: Son
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Burnham, Essex, England

Civil Parish: Burnham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Registration district: Maldon
Sub-registration district: Southminster
ED, institution, or vessel: 1b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 120
Household Members: Name Age
Edward Richmond 3
Elijah Richmond 17
Eliza Richmond 10
George Richmond 43
Jas Richmond 15
Margarett Richmond 5
Sarah Richmond 42
Sarah Richmond 12
Sophia Richmond 7


Petal

Petal Report 10 Oct 2007 22:49

Hi Diane, I've tried looking for Elijah for you - could only see him on 1841 & 1851 before I got chucked off ancestry. Haven't been able to get back on since. If I'm around tomorrow I'll have another look. if not, good luck!

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 10 Oct 2007 22:54

Seeing as they are the eldest children, perhaps they were born before Sarah and George married and have different surnames.

Rose

Researching:
I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 11 Oct 2007 03:26

This could be George and Sarah's marriage registration


Marriages Jun 1841 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BALLS Joseph Maldon 12 219
BOCKING Joseph Maldon 12 219
BRAND Mary Maldon 12 219
>>>>CHITTOCK Sarah Maldon 12 219
MATTHEWS Richard Maldon 12 219
>>>>Richmond George Maldon 12 219
SPOONER Martha Maldon 12 219
WITNEY Charlotte Maldon 12 219



So Elijah born ca 1834, Jas born ca 1836 and Sarah b. ca 1839 all pre-date this marriage.

Question is ..................... are they George's with a previous wife OR Sarah's??


sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 11 Oct 2007 03:36

well, George and Sarah were together on the 1841 census

1841 Census

Name: Elijah Richmond
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Gender: Male
Where born: Essex, England

Civil Parish: Burnham
Hundred: Dengie
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Registration district: Maldon
Sub-registration district: Southminster
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Beckwith 50
Elijah Richmond 8
George Richmond 30
James Richmond 6
N. K Richmond 2 weeks
Sarah Richmond 30
Sarah Richmond 2




sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 11 Oct 2007 03:44

I wonder if they changed their names???????


I've tried looking for eli* born 1835 +/- 5 years, born Burnham Essex, and then for Richmond, born 1835 +/- 10 years, born Burnham Essex .... nada!!

There is a James Richmond b. ca 1829 Burnham suddenly appears on the 1861 Census as Master of a vessel, with boy seaman George Richmond age 8, born Jersey, Channel Islands.

There is also a Sarah A Richmond, Head, b. ca 1829, Burnham, living in the Channel Islands in 1871 (1871 Channel Islands Census), Married, Mariner's Wife.



any connection?????????


sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Diane

Diane Report 11 Oct 2007 14:03

Thanks for trying, everybody.

George Richmond and Sarah (nee Beckwith) were married in 1828, so you would expect them to be Elijah and James Richmond.

I haven't got middle names for either of them, so I don't know if perhaps they went by middle names.

Likewise, I've searched on all men born Burnham and can't find anything very helpful!

I haven't got the 2 in the channel islands, yet, but I am sure they will be cousins or something somewhere.

Curiouser and curiouser...

Presumably if they had died at sea, there should still be a record of death? Although perhaps not if the bodies were never recovered?

Diane

Diane Report 11 Oct 2007 14:27

Tracy...

thanks.. that's another "cousin" I don't have!

Still no Elijah though... :(

Diane

Diane Report 11 Oct 2007 15:08

Tracy...

OMG! I wouldn't have thought of looking in the Canadian census..... my haystack to find my needles in has just got bigger!!!

Many thanks!

Diane

Diane

Diane Report 11 Oct 2007 15:10

Does anyone have access to findmypast?

There is a GRO Marine Deaths Indexes 1837-1846-1965, if its a simple search engine format, could someone look up Elijah? If its not, then please don't spend time trawling through indexes as its a long shot anyway!

Diane

Diane Report 11 Oct 2007 15:13

Tracy,

I've just gone to look for myself, and realised my ancestry sub isn't global! Is there anything on him on the immigration lists that might give any more information?

Thanks so much for your help!!

Diane