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From: Trevor <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Business Archives
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 00:38:27 +1000
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I am very grateful for these additional census data, Martin. Since I
don't have access to them, I am doubly grateful.

About the Deansgate address, and to complicate matters, they are at
Deansgate in the 1841 & 1861 Censuses.

However, for the 1851 they are around the corner at 49 Chorley New
Road, while, at the same time, the two eldest sons, apprentices and
servants are in Deansgate! With 12 or so children, plus servants and
apprentices, I take it that there might have been an accommodation
problem!

I am quite interested in the business activities of the family because
one of my long-term projects has been the study of immigrants from the
various parts of the UK to the 1850s goldfields of Victoria. In
particular, how the family backgrounds influenced the future
activities of the immigrants after they stopped gold digging and
settled down. In the case of two of James Morris's sons, they
established similar businesses to that of their father in Bolton, to
provide the needs of gold diggers.

Trevor
(Melbourne)

2009/5/4 Martin Briscoe <>:
> There are a lot of Morris!  There is about a screenful on each of the
> pre-1841 Great Bolton censuses
>
> 1811
> James MORRIS
> Bradshawgate
> Duncan Street
> Ridgway Gates
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> Deansgate
> Ann
> Samuel
> Sarah
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> 1821
> James / Jas MORRIS
> Crook Street
> Kay Street
> Union Buildings
> Union Buildings
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> Deansgate
> Mary
> Cathrine
> Ann
> Jno
> John
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> 1831
> James MORRIS
> 39 Union Buildings
> 3 Bengal Square
> 74 Bradshawgate
> 17 Kay Street
> 34 Kay Street
> 183 Deansgate
> 50 Pikes Lane
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> No other on Deansgate
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> Martin Briscoe
> Fort William
> M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
>> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Trevor
>> Sent: 04 May 2009 11:47
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Business Archives
>>
>> Thank you so much for this information, Martin,
>>
>> Possibly the most interesting entry for me is that for 1824
>> because it indicates "Morris and Sons".  Since the James
>> Morris I initially enquired about was not married until 1831,
>> this suggests that the business was started by his father,
>> and that James had brothers.
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