First post so hello to everybody.
I'm trying to locate an Alfred Durham born around 1834 in Pudsey, Yorkshire. I've tried numerous different searches on different websites to try and track him down. I can find him on the 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 census, always in Pudsey with his wife Hannah (Gaunt) who he married on the 15th April 1854. Prior to that I'm fairly sure that I have found him in the 1851 census, living with John & Mary Frankland in Bradford.
However, that's when the trail goes cold. I've tried all sorts of searches on FindMyPast, TheGenealogist, FamilySearch and the Calverley websites and come up empty.
To add to the confusion, I think there is another Alfred Durham born in 1833 (baptised on 19 June 1833 in Snaith, son of Joseph and Jane). He appears in the 1841 census in Snaith with his mother. I don't think this is the Alfred Durham that I am after because this Alfred Durham then disappears until 1871 when he re-appears in Snaith. In 1881 and 1891 he is still in Snaith and is married to Bridget so I've pretty much discounted him.
As an aside, I think that the Alfred Durham that I am after was also a census enumerator for Pudsey in 1881 as the Calverley website lists an Alfred Durham as the enumerator for RG11/4482 ED10 Folios 137-152. This might tie in with the fact that my Alfred Durham was a clerk in a woollen mill in 1881.
Can anybody help me out here or point me in a new direction (I have a subscription to FindMyPast and TheGenealogist but not Ancestry).
Many thanks.
Mark.
I'm trying to locate an Alfred Durham born around 1834 in Pudsey, Yorkshire. I've tried numerous different searches on different websites to try and track him down. I can find him on the 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 census, always in Pudsey with his wife Hannah (Gaunt) who he married on the 15th April 1854. Prior to that I'm fairly sure that I have found him in the 1851 census, living with John & Mary Frankland in Bradford.
However, that's when the trail goes cold. I've tried all sorts of searches on FindMyPast, TheGenealogist, FamilySearch and the Calverley websites and come up empty.
To add to the confusion, I think there is another Alfred Durham born in 1833 (baptised on 19 June 1833 in Snaith, son of Joseph and Jane). He appears in the 1841 census in Snaith with his mother. I don't think this is the Alfred Durham that I am after because this Alfred Durham then disappears until 1871 when he re-appears in Snaith. In 1881 and 1891 he is still in Snaith and is married to Bridget so I've pretty much discounted him.
As an aside, I think that the Alfred Durham that I am after was also a census enumerator for Pudsey in 1881 as the Calverley website lists an Alfred Durham as the enumerator for RG11/4482 ED10 Folios 137-152. This might tie in with the fact that my Alfred Durham was a clerk in a woollen mill in 1881.
Can anybody help me out here or point me in a new direction (I have a subscription to FindMyPast and TheGenealogist but not Ancestry).
Many thanks.
Mark.
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