I had my Bright family all cut and dried through several censuses, until I realised I'd latched on to the wrong family. Fortunately it's only one generation I've misidentified.
Starting point is the marriage of Samuel Bright and Grace Lane (13 Feb. 1810, Exminster Devon). IGI Batch M050541 (extracted record).
In 1841 they are at Cottages, Exminster with 5 children:
HO107; Piece 219; Book: 22; Civil Parish: Exminster; County: Devon; Enumeration District: 8; Folio: 4; Page: 3
All born in county
Saml Bright 50
Grace Bright 45
Charlotte Bright 15
John Bright 20
Ellen Bright 5
Louisa Bright 5
Eliza Bright 1
Louisa is my "main line" and I have her in the Teignmouth area from 1851 onwards. She married James Bradford at Exminster in 1856.
It's the rest of the family that I can't find. I thought I had them but I've now realised that Samuel the market gardener born Exeter (with wife Mary and 2 children in Exeter in 1851 and thereafter a widower) is a false trail.
I've tried to find "my" Bright family in 1851 and later without success. Samuel was a witness at Louisa's wedding in 1856.
I have found Exminster misheard by one enumerator as Axminster for Louisa Bradford in 1891.
Starting point is the marriage of Samuel Bright and Grace Lane (13 Feb. 1810, Exminster Devon). IGI Batch M050541 (extracted record).
In 1841 they are at Cottages, Exminster with 5 children:
HO107; Piece 219; Book: 22; Civil Parish: Exminster; County: Devon; Enumeration District: 8; Folio: 4; Page: 3
All born in county
Saml Bright 50
Grace Bright 45
Charlotte Bright 15
John Bright 20
Ellen Bright 5
Louisa Bright 5
Eliza Bright 1
Louisa is my "main line" and I have her in the Teignmouth area from 1851 onwards. She married James Bradford at Exminster in 1856.
It's the rest of the family that I can't find. I thought I had them but I've now realised that Samuel the market gardener born Exeter (with wife Mary and 2 children in Exeter in 1851 and thereafter a widower) is a false trail.
I've tried to find "my" Bright family in 1851 and later without success. Samuel was a witness at Louisa's wedding in 1856.
I have found Exminster misheard by one enumerator as Axminster for Louisa Bradford in 1891.
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