Hi everyone,
I am trying to find information on what happened to my 3rd Great Grandfather, William Whitefoot.
He was born in about 1834, at Lydbury North in Shropshire. In 1853, he married Rebecca Pugh (certificate on it's way). Together they had at least 4 children, George (b. 1853), Mary (b. 1855), William (b. 1858), and Lewis (b. 1860).
On the 1861 census, Rebecca is living at Wistanstow, Shropshire, with her 4 children. I cannot find William on the 1861 census.
Rebecca dies in 1870, at the Workhouse in Bishop's Castle. On the 1871 census, Mary is a domestic servant living in Bishop's Castle, and William Jnr & Lewis are still in the workhouse. Still no sign of William Snr!
I have looked on the GRO, but these does not seem to be any William Whitefoot's in the death index that could be my William. I am wondering if perhaps he went abroad? There is an entry on the 1880 US census, that has a William Whitefoot, born about 1832 in England, living in Colorado, but I have nothing that suggest's he is the same William.
Could any one point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Tippin
I am trying to find information on what happened to my 3rd Great Grandfather, William Whitefoot.
He was born in about 1834, at Lydbury North in Shropshire. In 1853, he married Rebecca Pugh (certificate on it's way). Together they had at least 4 children, George (b. 1853), Mary (b. 1855), William (b. 1858), and Lewis (b. 1860).
On the 1861 census, Rebecca is living at Wistanstow, Shropshire, with her 4 children. I cannot find William on the 1861 census.
Rebecca dies in 1870, at the Workhouse in Bishop's Castle. On the 1871 census, Mary is a domestic servant living in Bishop's Castle, and William Jnr & Lewis are still in the workhouse. Still no sign of William Snr!
I have looked on the GRO, but these does not seem to be any William Whitefoot's in the death index that could be my William. I am wondering if perhaps he went abroad? There is an entry on the 1880 US census, that has a William Whitefoot, born about 1832 in England, living in Colorado, but I have nothing that suggest's he is the same William.
Could any one point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Tippin
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