Hi all, I tried to find the following family early last year and had no luck! So I have come back to try again and still I seem to be having trouble! Whether its because they were 'travellers' and were not registered on the 1861 census I don't know but they are proving to be a pain in the wotsit
So, this is what I have so far:
John Bland b. 1838ish Marcham/Hanney/Abingdon, Berkshire
Eliza Waite b. 1845 Canterbury, Kent
These 2 never married by all accounts although they lived as man and wife!
1841- John is with his parents at Longworth, Berkshire
1841-Eliza not yet born
1851- John is at a boys school in Swindon, Wiltshire (is it my John?)
1851- Eliza- Too many to find the right one!
1861- Cannot find either John or Eliza even though according to later census' they supposedly have children by now (John's parents are in Peppard/Henley, Oxfordshire with a son Joseph, is this really single John, therefore meaning the oldest children belong to Eliza whose possibly married before? And is therefore lying about her age, as that means Matilda would of been born to her at 14 if going by the 1845 birth year of Eliza which would be unlikely in those times?)
1871 and onwards living in Peppard/Henley, Oxfordshire
Children: Matilda b. 1857, Marchwood, Hampshire, Patience b. 1859, ?, Harriet 1861, Sutton, Berkshire, John 1866, Liddington?, Wiltshire (the other children are then born in Peppard/Henley, Oxfordshire)
Sorry for all the info. just wanted to someone to read it as I have it and see if they can make sense of it at all?
Many many thanks for your help
Tessie
So, this is what I have so far:
John Bland b. 1838ish Marcham/Hanney/Abingdon, Berkshire
Eliza Waite b. 1845 Canterbury, Kent
These 2 never married by all accounts although they lived as man and wife!
1841- John is with his parents at Longworth, Berkshire
1841-Eliza not yet born
1851- John is at a boys school in Swindon, Wiltshire (is it my John?)
1851- Eliza- Too many to find the right one!
1861- Cannot find either John or Eliza even though according to later census' they supposedly have children by now (John's parents are in Peppard/Henley, Oxfordshire with a son Joseph, is this really single John, therefore meaning the oldest children belong to Eliza whose possibly married before? And is therefore lying about her age, as that means Matilda would of been born to her at 14 if going by the 1845 birth year of Eliza which would be unlikely in those times?)
1871 and onwards living in Peppard/Henley, Oxfordshire
Children: Matilda b. 1857, Marchwood, Hampshire, Patience b. 1859, ?, Harriet 1861, Sutton, Berkshire, John 1866, Liddington?, Wiltshire (the other children are then born in Peppard/Henley, Oxfordshire)
Sorry for all the info. just wanted to someone to read it as I have it and see if they can make sense of it at all?
Many many thanks for your help
Tessie
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