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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 10 Mar 2009 21:09

1851 Census

Name: Robert Schofield
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Civil Parish: Castleton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Rochdale
Sub registration district: Castleton Without

Sarah Schofield 40 b.ca 1811, Rochdale, Mother, Head
Mary Ann Schofield 20
Robert Schofield 13
Major Schofield 9
Jane Schofield 7
George Schofield 4
Elliott Lees 23
Margerett Lees 18 b.ca 1833, Gosport, Hampshire, Visitor



so .......... her mother was called Sarah



sylvia

Adam

Adam Report 10 Mar 2009 21:05

Her witness was called Alice Stott so don't know ? maybe her married sister??????

Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 10 Mar 2009 21:00

Do you have her marriage certificate? Any clues in the witnesses?

Adam

Adam Report 10 Mar 2009 20:44

Thanks Selena and mrs Grumpy! kinda fits does'nt it will start trawling through the Margarets though i thought it may be mis transcribed when i could'nt find her !!! don't know if there was any brothers or sisters!!!!

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 10 Mar 2009 20:37

Looks good Selena - I have a Gospot/Alverstoke bunch who seem to be interchangeable place-wise.

Jill

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 10 Mar 2009 20:36

Not much help but she's probably mistranscribed. Try looking just for forename and yob. You might have to wade through several pages of Margarets but it might be the only way to spot her. (It's so much easier when their surnames are near the beginning of the alphabet!).

If you know she had siblings it might be worth searching on those forenames - especially if one of them is unusual.

Jill

Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 10 Mar 2009 20:34

Could this be her christening (from www.familysearch.org)

MARGARET SCHOFIELD
Birth:
Christening: 21 DEC 1832 Alverstoke, Hampshire, England


Father: JOHN SCHOFIELD
Mother: SARAH

Adam

Adam Report 10 Mar 2009 20:30

Hi guys i'm struggling finding my gggg grandmother Margaret Schofield in the 1841 census she was born in 1831 in Gosport Hampshire her father was John Schofield born about 1797 ish but cannot find her mother's name.

Margaret married my gggg grandfather in 1851 in Norden Rochdale he was called Elliott Lees please could you give me tips on how to find Margaret as a child in the first census?????