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From: Bob Winder <>
Subject: Re: [LAN] 1901 census look-up request (Southport)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 22:15:21 +0100
References: <B8D621F1.19FBB%blundell@hetnet.nl>
In-Reply-To: <B8D621F1.19FBB%blundell@hetnet.nl>


Andrew,

You listed the details of a Blundell family as shown below but weren't
clear about which year the details might relate to.

>The biggest brick wall in my pedigree is my grandfather's grandmother ANNIE
>nee BURTON, whose birth-certificate I still haven't been able to find.
>
>118 (or 104?) BOUNDARY STREET, SOUTHPORT (border with Birkdale)
>
>PETER BLUNDELL, aged 47, born Southport
>ANNIE BLUNDELL, aged 49, born ?????????
>[JOHN? do (marr.13 Apr 1901), aged 23, born Southport]
>ALICE ANN do , aged 20, born Southport
>ROBERT do , (8 in 1891), born Southport
>JOSEPH do , (5 in 1891), born Southport
>ADA do , aged 11 or 12, born Southport

From the way you have phrased the above details it would seem that this
is the snapshot of the family as it might appear in the 1901 census with
presumably Robert and Joseph being 18 and 15 respectively.

If that is the case then there is a fair chance the family can be picked
up on the 1881 CD Census transcription as a check on the details you
have supplied.

The following family is the closest match, and really the only one,
which is a little surprising as I thought it was a reasonably common
name in Southport.

Dwelling: 20 Mount Street
Census Place: North Meols, Lancashire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341897 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3749 Folio 21 Page
35
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Peter BLUNDELL M 41 M Southport, Lancashire, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Carter
Ann BLUNDELL M 36 F Southport, Lancashire, England
Rel: Wife
John BLUNDELL 8 M Southport, Lancashire, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Peter BLUNDELL 4 M Southport, Lancashire, England
Rel: Son
Alice A. BLUNDELL 2 F Southport, Lancashire,
England
Rel: Daur


Four of the names match although the ages are out by up to fourteen
years in the case of Peter Blundell and seven in the case of Ann
Blundell. If, and that's an underlined * if *, this is the same family
then it may explain why you haven't found Ann(ie) Blundell's birth
certificate. Mount Street is a mile or so away from Boundary Street.

I'll leave it to Catherine to check on the availability of the 1901
Census at Southport Library but I'd be interested in your thoughts on
the above.

Cheers,

--
Bob Winder

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