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Is Harriet B the 79-year old lady who died in Brentford in 1st qtr of 1901 - so just missing the 1901 census? If so she would have been born about 1821/22 - about right for the birth of Geo in 1847?

Sorry I don't have any 1851 capabilities. The indexes are all over the place.

johngu

In case you hadn't seen it Geo Bemmer's birth was registered at St Saviour Southwark in the last quarter of 1847 and that matches his age in the 1881 census. So you could get that at the same time...

johngu

... would have been 31 in 1881 (because she was born in the first quarter of 1850)

dare say it could be the right one all the same

let me know how it goes

johngu

question of whether mother could write was irrelevant.

Yes, it says CROSS

Yes, it says WENHASTON

johng

eg similarly named girl born there! But in 1905.

johngu

Sometimes subjects or enumerators rounded up ages. Sometimes it is supposed that when the subject couldn't write the enumerator asked for year of birth and then subtracted eg in 1881 "born 1851" could have been recorded as age 30. OR 1851 was taken on 31 March. 1881 was taken on 4 April. Suppose she...

Conceivably Henry was not always know as just Henry eg his first name might have been eg William. Have you got the marriage certificate? George and Clara married in Kensington in last quarter of 1874. Was Clara actually around in 1851?

johngu

I can't find more than a handful of burials. There must have been many thousands. Anyone any idea please?

Thanks

johngu