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Can someone help with transcribing 1851 census

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Angela

Angela Report 13 Apr 2008 16:08

Hi

I have found the 1851 census for Sarah Burden (my 4xgrandmother) details are as follows:

Unreadable road name:
Wm Burden / Head / Mar / 64 / Unreadable job / Wiltshire Potterne
Sarah Burden / Wife / Mar / 62 / Middx (meaning Middlesex as there is a ditto mark underneath for their son who was bornin Stepney)
Wm Burden / Son / Un / 19 / Cooper Apprentice / " Stepney.

I can't read the name of the road, job description for father William, and also place name in Middlesex for birthplace of Sarah.

Does anyone have access to the 1851 census to help me transcribe?

Many thanks for all your help.
Kind regards
Angela

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 13 Apr 2008 16:17

I think the address is 9 Batty Street. (If you look at the description of the enumeration district Batty Street is mentioned).

Sarah's birthplace looks like Farnham.

I can't make out William's occupation.

Kath. x

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 13 Apr 2008 16:33

This is how I read it:
1851 census
9 Batty St., St. Ggeorge, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
Wm Burden, head, 64, (occupation looks like coop, short for cooper?), born Wiltshire Pottern
Sarah, wife, 62, born Middlesex Tunanham?
Wm., son, 19, cooper's apprentice, born Middlesex Stepney

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

K

K Report 13 Apr 2008 16:34

I agree re the occupation being coop possibly short for cooper - with his son maybe being his apprentice

Researching:
Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM

Thelma

Thelma Report 13 Apr 2008 17:00

the son is a cooper in 1861
William Burden Harriett abt 1832 Stepney, Middlesex, England Head Stepney, Middlesex

ChristinaS

ChristinaS Report 13 Apr 2008 17:26

As I don't know a Farnham or Tunanham in Middlesex/London, my guess would be Tottenham.

JenW

JenW Report 13 Apr 2008 21:08

in the 1841 census William snr is an undertaker?

JenW

JenW Report 13 Apr 2008 21:10

There's also a daughter on the 1841 census

1841 England Census
about Janes Burden
Name: Janes Burden
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Female
Where born: Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Stepney
Hundred: Ossulstone (Tower Division)
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration district: Stepney
Sub-registration district: Mile End Old Town Upper
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Janes Burden 20
Sarah Burden 54
William Burden 9
Willm Burden 54

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 13 Apr 2008 22:58

I think we're both right. Cooper/undertaker?
He buried 'em in barrels!

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Angela

Angela Report 14 Apr 2008 22:34

Hi All

Thank you all very much for your comments, yes i noticed that he was an undertaker and then a cooper on other documents..

Still not sure about the place where sarah was born, am beginning to think it is a spelling mistake of somewhere in Middlesex. If only I could find her baptism!

Thanks again
Angela