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Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 233 Send Message	June	Report	6 Feb 2012 15:12
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 233 Send Message	James Robert Conyers 1861 Leeds ?
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 16 032 Send Message	Island	Report	6 Feb 2012 15:35
	Hi June, your post will be seen by more keen helpers if you put it on 'Find Ancestors' - don't forget to delete this one though :-) Good luck
	Researching: I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28 261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	6 Feb 2012 16:50
	Don't think he will be a Living Relative if he was born c.1861. I can't see a birth for him in the birth index but there were no penalties for not registering a birth until 1875 so many births were just not registered. Kath. x
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 16 032 Send Message	Island	Report	6 Feb 2012 17:07
	LOL, well spotted Kathleen! My eyes were looking at one thing and my fingers another. I've amended, Hope I haven't got June in trouble :-0
	Researching: I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16 405 Send Message	patchem	Report	6 Feb 2012 19:34
	Have you found him in all the censuses? Thanks
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21 069 Send Message	jax	Report	6 Feb 2012 20:03
	Thelma posted his birth records in the name of Wilson as per a tree on ancestry Dont know where its gone?
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16 405 Send Message	patchem	Report	6 Feb 2012 20:38
	? Births Dec 1860 WILSON James Robert Leeds 9b 290 1861 England Census James Robert Wilson Age: 5 MO Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Relation: Son Father's Name: Robert Wilson Mother's name: Matilda Ann Wilson Gender: Male Where born: Leeds, Yorkshire, England Civil parish: Leeds Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour Town: Leeds County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Registration district: Leeds Sub-registration district: South East Leeds ED, institution, or vessel: 37 Household schedule number: 1 Piece: 3375 Folio: 101 Page Number: 1 Robert Wilson 39 cabinet maker Leeds Matilda Ann Wilson 27 Ireland James Robert Wilson 5 MO Matilda Ann Wilson 5 MO Jane Sharp 28 Sarah Jane Rivins 20 Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 3375; Folio: 101; Page: 1; GSU roll: 543122. Robert is showing as married in 1871, cabinet maker, but no wife or children with him. 1891 England Census James R Compos [James R Conyers] Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Eliza Compos Gender: Male Where born: Leeds, Yorkshire, England Civil parish: Leeds Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour Town: Leeds County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Occupation: Cabinet Maker Registration district: Leeds Sub-registration district: South East Leeds ED, institution, or vessel: 38 Piece: 3686 Folio: 74 Page Number: 6 James R Compos 30 Eliza Compos 29 Harry Compos 7 Fred Compos 4 Arthur Compos 7/12 Emma Heald 17 Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 3686; Folio 74; Page 6; GSU roll: 6098796. ? Marriages Dec 1868 CONYERS Matilda Ann Leeds 9b 564 Fawcett Mark Leeds 9b 564 Greenall Elizabeth Leeds 9b 564 Ranson James Leeds 9b 564 ? 1871 England Census James Ranson Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Relation: Son Father's Name: James Ranson Mother's name: Matilda A Ranson Gender: Male Where born: Leeds, Yorkshire, England Civil parish: Leeds Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephen Town: Leeds County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Registration district: Leeds Sub-registration district: North Leeds ED, institution, or vessel: 56 Household schedule number: 160 Piece: 4556 Folio: 98 Page Number: 30 James Ranson 43 Matilda A Ranson 37 Ireland James Ranson 19 William H Ranson 14 Edward Ranson 12 Matilda A Ranson 10 James Ranson 10 Mary J Ranson 9 Albert Ranson 6 Phillip Ranson 5 Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4556; Folio: 98; Page: 30; GSU roll: 847138.
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 233 Send Message	June	Report	7 Feb 2012 12:31
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 233 Send Message	Thanks for the information, Matilda Ann Priestley led a very complicated life !!

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