1861 census lookup request

[TrevorFranklin]

Only have an Index list of the Pursgloves of London for this year.
If you can supply images. I would be grateful

PURSGLOVE, William 24 M St Luke
PURSGLOVE, Emma 23 F St Luke

PURSGLOVE, John 32 M St Luke

PURSGROVE, George 30 M St Luke
PURSGROVE, Hannah 28 F St Luke
PURSGROVE, Elizabeth 5 F St Luke
PURSGROVE, George 3 M St Luke
PURSGLOVE, William 2 M St Luke
PURSGROVE, Eliza 0 F St Luke

In Canterbury I know of a PURSEGLOVE, John 27
I need to know his place of birth and what institution he was in

Can any others be found in Kent/Sussex area?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

William and Emma are together, but the boy William aged 2 is their son, rather than belonging to the other family.

The family headed by George has John 32 living nextdoor, so that's one page.

As yet, I've not found the one in Canterbury.

I'll have a look at Kent/Sussex in a minute. In the mean time if you want these pages please could you send me your email address by personal message (click on my name to do that)

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I've looked at all the Johns aged 27 living in Canterbury in 1861 and I still can't see him. Do you have a birthplace for him?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I've done a Soundex check on the two counties and turned up a Mary Purseglove unmarried aged 60 b Herstmonceux Sussex. I'll send her page too.

I'm not going to say there are no more, as I don't trust the transcriptions that far!! I've looked through about 250 Soundex matches and there were no others within those!

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Ah, did you get John 27 from FindMyPast? He may be in Canterbury DISTRICT but not necessarily in Canterbury. I'll have another look.

[TrevorFranklin]

I was looking at a note that I had been passed (scribbled some time ago) when I asked for the John.

The note says
"london area
Institution PURSEGLOVE, John 27 M Canterbury "
So it looks like the John was in some type of institution in London and was BORN in Canterbury

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I've found John 27 now, transcribed by Ancestry as John Perreeglow

To be fair, it's hard to say what his name actually is, as the handwriting is poor. He is unmarried, from Salford, Lancs and is a Private in the Permanent Infantry.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Oh and the barracks are in Canterbury, just that I didn't look at Perreeglow seriously as an option to begin with.

[TrevorFranklin]

If he's from Lancs, he is not part of my research, so don't worry about him