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1861 census Look Up Please

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Una

Una Report 19 Jul 2011 19:27

I used to have an ancestry sub and I found my Gt Grandfather William Bobby (b 1861 Balham) living in Balham New Road can anyone tell the house number that he and his family are living at?

Many Thanks

Una

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 19 Jul 2011 19:30

Is this them?

BOBBY, Robert Head Married M 35 1826 Coachman Domestic Servant Shelfanger Norfolk
BOBBY, Caroline Wife Married F 38 1823 Clapham Surrey
BOBBY, George Son M 5 1856 Scholar St James Middlesex
BOBBY, Walter B Son M 2 1859 Scholar Balham Surrey
BOBBY, William Son M 1 1860 Balham Surrey
HILL, Sarah M Lodger Unmarried F 35 1826 Servant Spittalfield Middlesex
PURSSEY, Elizabeth Lodger Unmarried F 55 1806 Monthly Nurse Rotherhithe

RG number: RG09
Piece: 375
Folio: 55
Page: 13

Registration District: Wandsworth
Sub District: 5 Streatham
Enumeration District: 4
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Mary
Civil Parish: Streatham
Municipal Borough:

Address: Balham New Road, Streatham County: London, Surrey

There doesn't seem to be a house number on the original - will check further.

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 19 Jul 2011 19:32

No house number given on the image

Roy

Una

Una Report 19 Jul 2011 19:32

That's them :-D

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 19 Jul 2011 19:35

Found his baptism:


London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: William Bobby
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: Original looks like April 29th
Baptism Date: 19 May 1861
Father's name: Robert Bobby
Mother's name: Caroline Bobby
Parish or Poor Law Union: Balham St Mary
Borough: Wandsworth

No address on here, just says Balham and father was a servant.

Una

Una Report 19 Jul 2011 19:39

Thank you anyway. So kind of you all.

I Love the Genes Community. Xxx

Una