Carrie Meerten
16-07-2005, 05:32 PM
I have lost an ancestor in the 1861 census :( .
Isaac Bessant b abt 1824 in Hinton Parva, Wimborne, Dorset also down as Holt, Dorset - surnames can be spelt besant/bessant/beasant
I have him on ALL other census'
1841 HO107/288 f4 p16, Hinton Parva, Son, 17, Ag Lab (no residence listed)
1851 HO107/1854 f523 p25 s164, Wimborne Minster, Head, Married, 25, Ag Lab, Hillbutts - surname as Bassant (just him and his wife Louisa)
1861 cannot find (wife died 1856 abt 1 mth after 4th child born - all children were with his sister-in-law) |banghead|
1871 RG10/1984 f60 p28 s124, Wimborne Minster, Head, Widow, 45, Ag Lab, (residence - can't read image) - surname as Beasant (with 2 of his 4 children and sister-in-law)
1881 RG11/2093 f11 p16 s82, Wimborne Minster, Head, Widow, 55, Gen Lab, Old Bland Rd (with 2 of his 4 children and sister-in-law)
1891 RG12/1636 f145 p 66 s407, Wimborne Minster, Head, Widow, 67, Farm Lab, Blandford Rd (just him and sister-in-law)
1901 not found
Isaac Bessant b abt 1824 in Hinton Parva, Wimborne, Dorset also down as Holt, Dorset - surnames can be spelt besant/bessant/beasant
I have him on ALL other census'
1841 HO107/288 f4 p16, Hinton Parva, Son, 17, Ag Lab (no residence listed)
1851 HO107/1854 f523 p25 s164, Wimborne Minster, Head, Married, 25, Ag Lab, Hillbutts - surname as Bassant (just him and his wife Louisa)
1861 cannot find (wife died 1856 abt 1 mth after 4th child born - all children were with his sister-in-law) |banghead|
1871 RG10/1984 f60 p28 s124, Wimborne Minster, Head, Widow, 45, Ag Lab, (residence - can't read image) - surname as Beasant (with 2 of his 4 children and sister-in-law)
1881 RG11/2093 f11 p16 s82, Wimborne Minster, Head, Widow, 55, Gen Lab, Old Bland Rd (with 2 of his 4 children and sister-in-law)
1891 RG12/1636 f145 p 66 s407, Wimborne Minster, Head, Widow, 67, Farm Lab, Blandford Rd (just him and sister-in-law)
1901 not found