After reading the discussion on middle names, I decided to try out the Middle Names website search with Clerihew as a middle name and came up with 7 results including Ann Clerihew Still whom I had never run across before. SP verified that she was the daughter of John and Isabella, but she was no where to be found on Ancestry so I started trying variations of Still and up popped Ann Clerchew Stell, 1871.
Another trip to SP for the original 1871 census. James certainly was the head of the house--his own which happened to be the last house on Albion St. which was canvassed right before Hanover Lane where the Stills lived in the first house. James’ record ended up on the line above Isabella’s and since John was at sea, the transcriptionist made James the head of the Still household , Isabella’s new husband, and her children’s new father!
Also, Ann and Mary Ann the two youngest children were missing once more. Another look at the original census showed the Still family as the last family on the page where the girls got bumped to the next page! I wouldn’t have found Ann and Mary Ann if I hadn’t found the Ancestry listing because they both died in the early 1870’s and so weren’t on the 1881 Census. However, I wouldn’t have found them at all if it hadn’t been for the Middle Names website!
Moral of the story: How about: We all need all the help we can get! Or Read your original census records with a magnifying glass!
Carol