My x2 gt.grandfather was John Anderson b. Sherburn Hill, Durham 1839.
He was the illegitimate son of Catherine Anderson b. Scotland 1818
Catherine Anderson m. Robert Luke b.1808 in 1840.
John Anderson m. Mary Moore b.1843 in 1862.
Yesterday, while checking the 1871 census for Mary Moore's parents, I discovered that a Mary Jane Luke b.1863 was with them and described as "granddaughter" - RG10/4930/43/24.
My first thought was that one of Mary Moore's sisters had married one of John Anderson's half brothers so I thought I would do an 1881 search for Mary Jane Luke and see if she was living at home.
I found her in RG11/4918/26/45.
She was living with John and Mary Luke and 4 of her siblings in Eldon, Durham.
I suddenly realised when I looked at the names, ages and places of birth of the people on the census that I was looking at John Anderson and his family. In 1881 John had chosen to use his stepfather's name.
I have John in the 1871 census as Anderson - RG10/4928/30/57
Likewise as Anderson in 1891 - RG12/4070/19/36
I also have his baptism and his marriage certificate. He married as an Anderson
I was never able to find him in the 1861 or 1881 returns. I now know why as far as the 1881 census was concerned. Because I had all his other information it had never bothered me that he was missing in these 2 censuses.
However I'm now really curious as to his whereabouts in 1861.I have searched Anderson and I've searched Luke and got nowhere.
Can anyone please help me to find him so I can discover just who he was in 1861
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He was the illegitimate son of Catherine Anderson b. Scotland 1818
Catherine Anderson m. Robert Luke b.1808 in 1840.
John Anderson m. Mary Moore b.1843 in 1862.
Yesterday, while checking the 1871 census for Mary Moore's parents, I discovered that a Mary Jane Luke b.1863 was with them and described as "granddaughter" - RG10/4930/43/24.
My first thought was that one of Mary Moore's sisters had married one of John Anderson's half brothers so I thought I would do an 1881 search for Mary Jane Luke and see if she was living at home.
I found her in RG11/4918/26/45.
She was living with John and Mary Luke and 4 of her siblings in Eldon, Durham.
I suddenly realised when I looked at the names, ages and places of birth of the people on the census that I was looking at John Anderson and his family. In 1881 John had chosen to use his stepfather's name.
I have John in the 1871 census as Anderson - RG10/4928/30/57
Likewise as Anderson in 1891 - RG12/4070/19/36
I also have his baptism and his marriage certificate. He married as an Anderson
I was never able to find him in the 1861 or 1881 returns. I now know why as far as the 1881 census was concerned. Because I had all his other information it had never bothered me that he was missing in these 2 censuses.
However I'm now really curious as to his whereabouts in 1861.I have searched Anderson and I've searched Luke and got nowhere.
Can anyone please help me to find him so I can discover just who he was in 1861
All census details copyright the National Archives
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