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I'm looking for Joseph Taylor in the 1841 census for Higham near Barnsley? I would really like to find who he is living with so I'd be very grateful if anyone could help

How old was he?

If he was c1828 and married Ellen who had a daughter Rhoda, then his marriage cert may give his fathers info.

Marriages Mar 1881 Tadcaster 9c 783

SPENCE Ellen
TAYLOR Joseph

That's the problem David, He's just named as an informant on a death certificate, so could be any adult age. I know Taylor is a popular Yorkshire name, but as I read in a book that there were only 67 males in the Higham 1841 census I was hoping he might be the only one called Joseph there.

Is this him? Duh! Obviously not, just reread near Barnsley.

1841 England Census
Name: Joseph Taylor
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Gender: Male
Where born: Kent, England
Civil parish: Highham
Hundred: Shamwell
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Church Street

Registration district: North Aylesford
Sub-registration district: Strood
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Taylor 30 - labourer
Elizabeth Taylor 25
Elizabeth Taylor 8
John Taylor 7
Joseph Taylor 5
Isaac Taylor 3
Thomas Taylor 3 Mo

This is very close to Higham. Does the age fit for your death cert? Although I've heard of very young people being informants. People had a different attitude to age when you started working at 9 or 10 and died at about 40.

1841 England Census
Name: Joseph Taylor
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Gender: Male
Where born: Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Silkstone
Hundred: Staincross
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street Address: Bretton in the Parish of Landall G_______[Trying to work it out]

Registration district: Ecclesfield
Sub-registration district: Barnsley
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Taylor 41 - Ag lab
Mary Taylor 39
William Taylor 11
Joseph Taylor 8
Benjamin Taylor 6
John Taylor 5
George Taylor 3
Martha Taylor 11 Mo

I think it might be this:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Census/CensusNotesWRY1821.html
Abstract of Population Census 1821, West Riding of Yorkshire. (I don't think there were any names on this census.)
"Note g - The Entire Parish of >>>>>Great Sandall<<<<<< contains 2,692 inhabitants. West Bretton is partly in Silkstone Parish, Staincross Wapentake and entered accordingly."

On the enumerator's description there is a note to this effect about Bretton.

This is the one I was referring to in 1891

Name: Joseph Taylor
[Jospeh Taylor]
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elen
Gender: Male
Where born: Higham, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Castleford
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Town: Castleford
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Registration district: Pontefract
Sub-registration district: Castleford
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age

Joseph Taylor 63
Elen Taylor 62 Tadcaster
Rhoda Taylor 23 York, Daughter
Thomas Wm Smart 2 Grandson

1901

Name: Rhoda Bates
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: John
Gender: Female
Where born: York, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Glass Houghton
Ecclesiastical parish: Castleford All Saints
Town: Glass Houghton
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Registration district: Pontefract
Sub-registration district: Castleford
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 254
Household Members:
Name Age

John Bates 29
Rhoda Bates 33
Thomas W Smart 12
Mary E Smart 9
Elizabeth A Bates 5
John Bates 4

Thank you Ozibird and David for sending me so much information. I think I'll go with the older Joseph that David found, as he was born in Higham, but I won't discount the 8 year old Ozibird found, as he was born just across the valley from Higham. You've both given me lots of names to follow up, thanks

Bretton in the Parish of Landall Great