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I think it starts with an 'I' but what it says is a mystery. I have looked at all the pages of this part of the census and can find nothing like it other than the one above Hannah. I'll keep looking, it would be nice for you to be able to link them to Robert and Family back home on Allendale. Val

Got them now. 1851 (for reference) Hannah Fairlamb Age: 57 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1794 Relation: Wife Spouses's Name: Robert Gender: Female Where born: Allendale, Northumberland, England Civil parish: Allendale Town Town: Allendale County/Island: Northumberland Country: England Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Fairlamb 19 Hannah Fairlamb 57 Robert Fairlamb 72

The Fairlambs of Allendale are a real nightmare, inbred extra toes etc. There are millions of them, well it feels like that anyway. My Hannah is the one married to farmer Robert. They have the usual tribe of children. Son Nicholas b 1825 is my gg grandfather. I have them all on the censuses, it was just Hannah and Nicholas who were missing in 41, so I was trying to read what it said on the image. They seem to fit and they are the only ones on their own who i can find in 41 Linda

Hello Val, My Hannah , maiden name Routledge is married to Robert Fairlamb b 1778 Alston Cumberland. They were married in May 1823. He died in 1860 .I have her on the 51, 61, 71 censuses. It is just that she and son Nicholas were not at home in 1841, so I was trying to find out wherethey had gone, Linda

Mary I found Hannah with son Nicholas but the Head was John and it doesn't look like he is a farmer. Can you tell me who you found please? Val

It doesn't look like Inmate, because the third letter's too tall. It doesn't look much like Indep. either. Seaside holidays would have been unusual in those days, I would have thought, so I was wondering if maybe the son had TB or something, and was sent to a sanatorium.

I searched in 1851 for Hannah Fairlamb born 1801 +/-5, and the only one who came up was an unmarried dressmaker living in Tynemouth - I'd forgotten the son. I've now found them in Allendale in 1851 - the Hannah with a son Nicholas was born c1814. Is this your family?

Could it be an abreviation for Independent. (i.e. having a pension etc.) Kath. x

Hi who do you have her married to? Val

Thank you for looking Jan, I don't think it is inmate, it doesn't sound like the sort of lodging house I would like to go to! Though thinking about it, I have stayed in a few dodgy hotels over the years, Linda

Thank you Mary, Could I ask about who is a dress maker on the next two censuses, because my Hannah and her son Nicholas are back in Allendale after that, both farming. they were missing from the family home in 1841. I found them in Tynemouth and the ages fit, so I had this fanciful notion of them being on their hols, but if you have found them after that, then I may have the wrong people Linda

Inmate? Jan

I'm sorry, I can't read what it says, but I don't think its Lodger. It looks as if it starts with a capital I. All I could read was Island, but I don't think that can be right. The enumerator's Ls are very distinct, not at all like the first letter of this word. Jan

I agree, it doesn't look like lodger, but I can't fathom it out. Her occupation is 'dressmaker' on the next two censuses, which doesn't help a lot.

Hello Jess It should do, but there doesn't seem to be any tails on the g like there are in the 'lodging house keeper' above it. I am not sure what it says. I just like the fact that they had taken time off the farm to go to the seaside. Linda

Just says 'lodger' doesnt it?

1841 Hannah Fairlamb b 1801 Northumberland HO107/826/7 f 45 p 8 Place Tynemouth Northumberland She is in a boarding house in Back Street Tynemouth with her son Nicholas. The rest of the family are back in allendale where they all live. She must have been on her hols at the seaside. I can't read what is written in the occupation column. It seems to be the same word as the other lodger above, Linda