My biggest brick wall of real significance is as follows:
OH's great-grandfather was WILLIAM HENRY LAMB born 22nd December 1829 and baptised 11th January 1830 at Whitby. His parents were Charles and Sarah. (Charles was a gunsmith and some of you may remember the lurid account of his death in London from cholera in 1832 that OH's cousin found on Google Books.)
I have William on the 1841 census in Whitby Union Workhouse with some of his siblings. His mother was trying to eke out a living.
After that William disappears for 30 years, re-appearing in 1871 when he married ELIZABETH KINGSTON on 9th March 1871 in Whitby. On the marriage certificate his profession is "Tobacconist".
In 1872 and 1874 on the births of his two children he is entered as "Tobacconist (Master)". He appears on the 1881 census with his wife and OH's grandfather, and died in June 1881 from Laryngeal Phthisis.
I have been trying to discover his whereabouts in the period between 1841 and 1871 to no avail! Does his profession of MASTER TOBACCONIST hold the key?
How did you become a Master Tobacconist - would there be any records for this? Would he have possibly been in the USA, for example?
Any thoughts are welcome - I swear that one day I will find out what he was doing!
OH's great-grandfather was WILLIAM HENRY LAMB born 22nd December 1829 and baptised 11th January 1830 at Whitby. His parents were Charles and Sarah. (Charles was a gunsmith and some of you may remember the lurid account of his death in London from cholera in 1832 that OH's cousin found on Google Books.)
I have William on the 1841 census in Whitby Union Workhouse with some of his siblings. His mother was trying to eke out a living.
After that William disappears for 30 years, re-appearing in 1871 when he married ELIZABETH KINGSTON on 9th March 1871 in Whitby. On the marriage certificate his profession is "Tobacconist".
In 1872 and 1874 on the births of his two children he is entered as "Tobacconist (Master)". He appears on the 1881 census with his wife and OH's grandfather, and died in June 1881 from Laryngeal Phthisis.
I have been trying to discover his whereabouts in the period between 1841 and 1871 to no avail! Does his profession of MASTER TOBACCONIST hold the key?
How did you become a Master Tobacconist - would there be any records for this? Would he have possibly been in the USA, for example?
Any thoughts are welcome - I swear that one day I will find out what he was doing!
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