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George Richardson
in the 1861 England Census
Name: George Richardson
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: 1823
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: St Sepulchre
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: West London
Sub-registration District: West London North
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 50
Piece: 216
Folio: 32
Page Number: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
George Richardson 38
Hannah Richardson 5
William Stevenson 70 - (different household)

The birthplaces of George and Hannah are written on the wrong lines, but it looks as if George was born in Shoreditch, and Hannah in Bethnal Green.


Possibly Hannah's birth, if census is correct :

RICHARDSON, HANNAH mms SMITH
GRO Reference: 1857 J Quarter in BETHNAL GREEN Volume 01C Page 264

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
65, West Street, St Sepulchre, West London (City of London), London & Middlesex, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George Richardson Head Widower Male 38 1823 Cabinet Maker -
Hannah Richardson Daughter - Female 5 1856 Scholar Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Although George has no birthplace and Hannah says Shoreditch, the original looks to have "slipped" a line and probably should read that he was born Shoreditch and Hannah (last name on page) Bethnal Green

Have you looked at freebmd and then the GRO site to check for births showing mmn?

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp - register, but free to use

For our reference:

Rosa Richardson
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Rosa Richardson
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: 1853
Relation: Nurse Child (Nurse)
Gender: Female
Where born: Lambeth, Surrey, England
Civil Parish: Kensington St Mary Abbott
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: London
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: Kensington
Sub-registration District: Brompton
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 26
Piece: 22
Folio: 9
Page Number: 9


Birth:

RICHARDSON, ROSA -
GRO Reference: 1853 M Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 252

Illegitimate birth, therefore mother's surname was Richardson - unless she lied.
Therefore doesn't seem to be George's child, unless by chance the mother was also caled Richardson.

p.s. If I've asked about this person before I apologise, this site doesn't seem to be working very well and over the past couple of days I've tried to search the forums but keep getting error messages.

Born circa 1823 (London, St Sepulchre?) 1861 census recorded with daughter Hannah (born 1856) . eldest daughter Rose (8yrs) appears to be living as a 'nurse child' in Kensington. I once recorded their mother as Mary Ann Cousins who died in 1858 but I can't find evidence for that. I'm trying to prove who the girls mother was and anything whatsoever about George Richardson. He's recorded as a cabinet maker on the 1861 census which doesn't tie up with the number of Geo Richardsons I've found records for..