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Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 6,752 Send Message	Kucinta	Report	2 Nov 2012 18:48
	I agree. If you look at the actual census image for Edward in 1871, the letters that have been transcribed 'an' could just as easily be 'ou'.
	Researching: Eayres (Northants/London) Walker (Surrey) Loveday (Northants) Moore (Tipperary)
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	2 Nov 2012 18:37
	Looking at some other examples on the census, I think its a mistranscribe of Stroud. There are over 300 entries in 1871 alone that say Strand. Andy
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 26,340 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	2 Nov 2012 18:33
	Could it be Stroud ? What do other census record as birthplace ? Gwyn
Member Since: November 2011 Posts: 69 Send Message	FredB	Report	2 Nov 2012 18:24
	Need some assistance regarding an historical place name. I know from the 1871 census that my great grandfather listed his birthplace as Strand Gloucester in 1837. When I search the 1841 and 1851 census, I can find a few people with the same name as his in Gloucestershire but nothing with the “Strand” reference. Was there a part of Gloucester with a different official name also known as Strand? I didn't search the 1861 census because he was a soldier stationed in Ireland at that time. His name was Edward John Bennett (or John Edward), father was James. He died sometime in the 1870's.
	Researching: Bennett, Holtom, Halliday