1841 and 1851 census - missing mother and son?

steiner · Post by **steiner** » Sun May 03, 2009 1:53 pm

Jean

Look at John's occupation in 1851 - starcher - I think that it confirms that Ann you found in 1851 aged 45 is his mother and described as bleacher.

Bleacher and starcher - working in the textile trase - it seems to fit. But not provable yet.

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:00 pm

I was hoping for one more bit of data from viewing the 1851 census for Ann to determine if she might have been listed as a widow. However on SP .... wouldn't you know it.....the page that has Ann McGraw on it isn't viewable online!!!! Clearly a victim of the orginal blue ink blue paper blues which spells inferior digital quality for us.

Does anyone out there have access to the 1851 census data or microfilm for Mearns that could confirm Ann's status?????

Best wishes
Jean

steiner · Post by **steiner** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:22 am

Jean

On the 1855 death certificate it says that Ann was married to Henry - presumably info given by John the son

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:39 pm

Yup I've seen the 1855 and know that John says she was married to Henry and that Henry was deceased. I want to see if the lady in 1851 is a widow too so that it ties in with the assumption we are trying to prove it's the same Ann. If the 1851 lady is listed as single the link won't be as strong as if she is listed as a widow!

Best wishes
Jean

steiner · Post by **steiner** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:44 pm

Good point Jean - lets hope someone can help with 1851 microfilm you mentioned.

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:15 am

Hello Steiner,

According to the last User Group minutes the fixing of the 1851 blue paper problem is part of the contract for the 1911 census so I suppose it could be a couple of years away. The only information I can see on the SP site relating to “No Image” refers to modern day indexes.

Most of the blue page problem is from SP’s use of the “1 bit” black and white with no shades of grey format. In other words if it is at all readable on a microfilm copy it should be just as readable on a “8 bit”, 256 shades of grey, greyscale scan of the microfilm. They could have easily provided these images as greyscale JPEG’s and they would certainly be no worse than some of the images they’re currently dishing up as birth, marriage and death certificates and the like.

If you don’t have any luck with the 1851 microfilm you could try sending SP a contact form and let them spell out the options.

All the best,
Alan

steiner · Post by **steiner** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:33 pm

Jean and Currie

Heard from SP today

Ann McGraw is given as Widowed. Seems to prove something any thoughts?

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:33 am

My money is still riding on her being your gal then!

Very nice of SP to do the lookup for you too!!

Best wishes
Jean