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Interesting discovery in 1881 Census

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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 Jul 2009 21:38

back in those days with travel so limited I would imagine they did know each other

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 Jul 2009 21:38

back in those days with travel so limited I would imagine they did know each other

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Jean (Monmouth)

Jean (Monmouth) Report 21 Jul 2009 19:30

Wouldnt it be interesting if you could find out! Oh to be able to go back and have a look!

NetGrrl79

NetGrrl79 Report 21 Jul 2009 10:01

Had come to a bit of a stop in my research, having come to the end of one of my lines - happened to be just clicking randomly around my tree just to see if there were any other points I could start from and noticed that my maternal grandfather's father was born in Worksop, Notts in June 1881; and two of my paternal grandfather's father's siblings were born in Worksop between 1882-4, so I looked both sets of gx2 grandparents up on the 1881 Census.

Sure enough, both families were in Worksop, and upon entering both street names from the census into Google Maps, I find they're only a couple of miles apart! Wonder if they knew eachother...