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Can you help me find family before 1861 census?

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Sarah

Sarah Report 8 May 2006 19:39

Sorry Karen, i started looking & got side-tracked by my children.... But I see others have been there for you.. Sarah :-)

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 8 May 2006 17:59

Wild guess time Could this be William? Name: Male Wagstaff Year of Registration: 1847 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Liverpool (1837-1924) Volume: 20 Page: 392 Possible marriage Name: Thomas Wagstaff Year of Registration: 1843 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Liverpool (1837-1924) County: Lancashire Volume: 20 Page: 199 George Lang,Hugh McDowell,Mary Murphy,Sarah Seymore,James Thompson,Susannah Whiteway,Elizabeth Winstanley 1841 Name: Thomas Wagstaff Age: 15 Estimated birth year: abt 1826 Where born: Lancashire, England Civil parish: Liverpool Hundred: Liverpool County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Source information: HO107/563/1 Registration district: Liverpool Sub-registration district: St Martin ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Folio: 11 Page: 15 Line number: 16 GSU Number: 438715 Staying with Barry family - head occupation of shoe ??

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Unknown

Unknown Report 8 May 2006 17:22

Sorry, been through all the Sarahs born 1823 +/- a year in Liverpool and all the Thomases ditto without success. nell

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 May 2006 17:12

1861 for reference: Liverpool Lancashire Thomas Wagstaff abt 1824 L'pool, Lancas, Head tobacconist Sarah Wagstaff abt 1823 L'pool, Lancashire, Wife William Wagstaff abt 1846 L'pool, Lancashire, Son labourer Elizabeth Wagstaff abt 1855 L'pool, Lancs, Daughter scholar Jonah Wagstaff abt 1857 L'pool, Lancashire, Son scholar Jane Wagstaff abt 1860 L'pool, Lancashire, Daughter 8 mths Image clearly says Jonah and not Joshua. nell

Sarah

Sarah Report 8 May 2006 16:38

just to make it clearer (hope you don't mind) Can you help me find family before 1861 census? Hi I am trying to trace my family tree on the Wagstaff side. I have managed to find the family on the 1861 - 1901 census but cant find them on any census before this date. I have tried variations of the first names and surname with no luck. Can anyone help me find them? Thomas Wagstaff born around 1823 in Liverpool, Lancs he was married to Sarah (madien name unknown) born around 1823 in Liverpool they had the following children: William born around 1846 Liverpool Elizabeth born around 1855 Liverpool Joshua born around 1856 Liverpool Jane born around 1861 Liverpool. I have also tried to find a birth registration for Joshua Wagstaff (1856) to get his date of birth and his mother's maiden name but i cant find one. Any ideas on what to do would be very helpfull Thanks a lot Karen Karen, GR always compacts header messages - the trick is to type it all out & then 'cut' the bulk of the message just leaving 'see below' in the box. Then post the message and reply to it immediately using 'add reply' - then you 'paste' in your question - that way it stays set out the way you wanted it instead of being all scrunched up.

Karen

Karen Report 8 May 2006 16:35

Hi I am trying to trace my family tree on the Wagstaff side. I have managed to find the family on the 1861 - 1901 census but cant find them on any census before this date. I have tried variations of the first names and surname with no luck. Can anyone help me find them? Thomas Wagstaff born around 1823 in Liverpool, Lancs he was married to Sarah (madien name unknown) born around 1823 in Liverpool they had the following children: William born around 1846 Liverpool Elizabeth born around 1855 Liverpool Joshua born around 1856 Liverpool Jane born around 1861 Liverpool. I have also tried to find a birth registration for Joshua Wagstaff (1856) to get his date of birth and his mother's maiden name but i cant find one. Any ideas on what to do would be very helpfull Thanks a lot Karen