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Interesting that Mary Collins is with Mahala in both the 1841 census & the 1851 census.

1841 England Census
Name: Mahala Lewis
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Gender: Female
Civil parish: St Anne Soho
Hundred: Westminster
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: 9 Litchfield St

Occupation: Epalette Maker

Registration district: Strand
Sub-registration district: St Anne Westminster
Piece: 730
Book: 7
Folio: 18
Page Number: 29
Household Members:
Name Age
Mahala Lewis 27
Henry Lewis 2 MO
Same address, next household.
Mary Collins 33 dressmaker


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1851 England Census
Name: Mahala Lewis
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
Relation: Wife
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Gratbourn, Sussex, England
Civil parish: St George Hanover Square
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: 15 Up'r Belgrave Place

Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Sub-registration district: Belgrave
Piece: 1477
Folio: 611
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Mahala Lewis 36
Henry F Lewis 9
Emily R Lewis 5
Mary A Collins 42 - visitor; dressmaker; Hampshire

Sorry haven't been around for a few days -

I also noticed that Mary Collins appears with Mahala in 1841 and 51. I thought she may be Mahalas sister as they are similar in age but so far I've found nothing to confirm it. Mary is unmarried so I looked for any records of a Mahala Collins and also for a Collins marriage but zilch. I suppose they could just have been friends - Mary is recorded as a visitor so possibly not related to Mahala.

I'll keep checking to see if anyone comes up with anything else - off to have another look now - its bugging me. X