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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,505 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	22 Jun 2021 11:32
	They could have been resident at the address purely to qualify to marry in a specific Church
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 169 Send Message	Rose	Report	22 Jun 2021 11:21
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 169 Send Message	Thank you for the information. I will check this out. The Fred and alice is definitely the family.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,283 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	20 Jun 2021 20:06
	1901: John McCourt in the 1901 England Census Name: John McCourt Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male Spouse: Lillie McCourt Birth Place: Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Brightside Bierlow Ecclesiastical parish: Attercliffe Emmanuel County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Street Address: 26 Corby Street <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Registration District: Sheffield Sub-registration District: East Brightside ED, institution, or vessel: 17 Neighbors: Piece: 4380 Folio: 5 Page Number: 2 Household Schedule Number: 11 Household Members: Name Age John McCourt 44 Lillie McCourt 38 John McCourt 8 Henry McCourt 4 William McCourt 1 They're at a different address in 1911.
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,283 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	20 Jun 2021 20:02
	Fred and Alice in 1911: Fred Johnson in the 1911 England Census Name: Fred Johnson Age in 1911: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male Birth Place: Carbrook Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Sheffield Country: England Street Address: 14 Eben Square Brightside Marital status: Married Occupation: Gas Stoker Registration District Number: 510 Sub-registration District: East Brightside ED, institution, or vessel: 23 Piece: 27982 Household Members: Name Age Fred Johnson 26 Alice Johnson 23 Fred Johnson 3 Birth of son: JOHNSON, FRED mmn MAW GRO Reference: 1908 M Quarter in SHEFFIELD Volume 09C Page 755
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,283 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	20 Jun 2021 19:41
	1911 seems to jump from 24 to 48 Corby Street. A family of Johnsons is at number 27 - are they related? Mrs Ann Johnson in the 1911 England Census Name: Mrs Ann Johnson Age in 1911: 66 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male Birth Place: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Sheffield Country: England Street Address: 27 Corby St Sheffield Marital status: Widowed Occupation: Charwoman Registration District Number: 510 Sub-registration District: East Brightside ED, institution, or vessel: 11 Piece: 27970 Household Members: Name Age Ann Johnson 66 Martha Johnson 20 Clara Johnson 16 Fred Bramall 33 - boarder Samuel Palmer 41 - boarder Ann Johnson in the 1891 England Census Name: Ann Johnson [Ann Ibbotson] Gender: Female Age: 31 Relationship: Wife Birth Year: 1860 Father: John Ibbotson Spouse: Amos Johnson Child: Martha E Johnson Birth Place: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Brightside Bierlow Ecclesiastical parish: Emmanuel Residence Place: Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire, England Registration District: Sheffield Sub registration district: Brightside ED, Institution or Vessel: 48 Neighbors: Piece: 3834 Folio: 75 Household Members: Name Age Amos Johnson 33 Ann Johnson 31 Martha E Johnson 9/12 John Ibbotson 66 Fred Bramhall 13 - visitor
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 169 Send Message	Rose	Report	20 Jun 2021 18:14
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 169 Send Message	Oops I have now found Corby Street on the 1911 Census. but can't seem to find number 26. No worries.
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 169 Send Message	Rose	Report	20 Jun 2021 17:43
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 169 Send Message	I have the marriage certificate for Fred Johnson in 1906 and the address given for both him and his new wife looks like 26 Corby Street Sheffield. I cannot seem to find a street called Corby Street. I wanted to look at the 1901 and 1911 census to see who was living there but if I search the address in the census nothing comes up. Can anyone advise what the street name may be? Thanks

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