I am trying to find where Thomas Rees was on the night of the 1851 Census.
Thomas was born in Machen Monmouthshire in 1811.He married Ann Lewis in 1829. They appear as a family in the 1841 census, and again in the 1861 census. In the 1851 census Ann is given as the head of the family together with the children. Ann is described as a widow, which she wasn't. This was a description often used when the husband is elsewhere on census night. I can't find any trace of Thomas living elsewhere as a lodger or a visitor, and I'm pretty sure he wasn't prison.
Can anyone throw any light on this please?
Thomas was born in Machen Monmouthshire in 1811.He married Ann Lewis in 1829. They appear as a family in the 1841 census, and again in the 1861 census. In the 1851 census Ann is given as the head of the family together with the children. Ann is described as a widow, which she wasn't. This was a description often used when the husband is elsewhere on census night. I can't find any trace of Thomas living elsewhere as a lodger or a visitor, and I'm pretty sure he wasn't prison.
Can anyone throw any light on this please?
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