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Erica...the reference to John and Mary and Bridgewater Union. Does that mean before they died in 1849 that they were in the workhouse with their son Henry? I'm not very clear about that reference. Thank you. Glyn

Sorry I typed Erika and it was changed

The registration district given on Freebmd is just Bridgewater.

Poor Law unions in England and Wales administered poor relief, and "Poor law unions were later used as a basis for the delivery of registration from 1837".

Some of the registration districts were therefore called (Such-and-such) Union at first, and later the word "Union" was dropped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_law_union

I've been trying to trace Absolom one of John and Mary's children. He's on the 1841 census, and he was born in 1830. I became confused with an Absolom John Milton who is not the same person at all!!
Can anyone trace him after the 1841 census please? I checked the later censuses but couldn't find him.
Thank you

How have you proved that the man who died in 1900 is not the one you are researching? Apart from his forename being recorded as AbsAlom? Which is actually the more usual spelling

1851

Name: John Milton
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Relation: Porter
Gender: Male
Where Born: Huntspill, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: Holborn St Andrew
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration District: Holborn


1861
Name: John Milton
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: 1830
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Louisa Milton
Gender: Male
Where Born: Hamstall, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: Newington
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration District: Newington
Sub-registration District: Trinity Newington
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household Schedule Number: 66
Piece: 335
Folio: 5
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
John Milton 31
Louisa Milton 22
John G Milton 5
Frances Louise Milton 2
Walter H Milton 1
Emily A Milton 1/12
Georgiana Watkinson 13

Name: Absalom John Milton
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1830
Admission Date: 23 Nov 1887
Age: 57
Hospital: Brookwood Asylum
Hospital Place: Woking, Surrey, England

Name: Absalom John Milton
Death Date: 3 Jan 1900
Death Place: Somerset, England
Probate Date: 31 Jan 1900
Probate Registry: Tunbridge Wells

Thanks Erika. The reason I thought he was a different person is because I couldn't trace him as being born in Huntspill ( which you have) and he's just known as Absolom when baptised which is probably a spelling error. It certainly looks like he's the one. Thank you