Deciphering 1841 census

[PeteW1959]

Can anyone work out the occupations please, and the address, as well as where the household starts? It is a household that appears to have several unrelated people in it, but I am interested in the person on the 12th line on the right hand page, Elizabeth Barrett. Could it be a boarding house, or something else?

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8978/MDXHO107_656_657-0567?pid=6963595&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3duki1841%26gss%3dangs-d%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26gsfn%3delizabeth%26gsfn_x%3d0%26gsln%3dbarrett%26gsln_x%3d0%26msbdy%3d1824%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d9u2%26pcat%3d35%26fh%3d0%26h%3d6963595%26recoff%3d6%2b7%26ml_rpos%3d1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true

Reference in case the link doesn't work for everyone:-
HO107; Piece: 657; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Hendon; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 40; Page: 18; Line: 12; GSU roll: 438774

[Chrissie Smiff]

It's Highwood House at Highwood Hill. This is a link to it -

http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/highwood-hill/

p.s. This isn't the actual house by the way - just a link that might help

and map (you can see the Rising Sun pub too) - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/...8dBEcQ8gEIGzAA

[AntonyM]

It is Highwood Hill, an old area in Hendon.

The household appears to start on line 3 of the right hand page with Frances Howard (Occupation - Ind = Independent Means) and her four children and runs three quarters down the page. The household seems to consist of the family plus a governess and a number of male and female servants.

Elizabeth Barrett = F.S (Female Servant)

[PeteW1959]

Thanks for the replies, and sorry for the delay (ended up having to go away for work).

This info is both helpful, and not helpful!

Elizabeth Barrett is a fairly common name in London, and I have been trying to eliminate some of them from the list of possibles. The problem is she is referred to as Elizabeth Catherine at baptism (1824), marriage (1845), birth of her son (1849, my 2x ggf) and death (1850), but there is no Elizabeth with her family in 1841, although there is Catherine who doesn't appear in any other records; her age is 15, as is her sister, but that could be anything between 15 and 19.

I have assumed that Elizabeth Catherine and Catherine are one and the same person, but just in case wanted to run through all the other possibilities. This one has the correct year and county of birth, but the limited info on the 1841 doesn't confirm or eliminate her!

[Olde Crone Holden]

I sympathise, Pete.

My 2 x GGM was called Jane Holden. I have found one possible candidate who might fit BUT her age in 1841 is given as "not known". So frustrating - couldn't they have hazarded a wild guess? I mean - was she a babe in arms or a very old woman?

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