Who Lived There?

[TB15]

I am looking to find who lived at a specific address in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 & 1881 ................ and am struggling using all the methods I know to find the correct census pages on Ancestry. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

[jno]

just to ask the obvious question, are you sure the place existed on those dates?

Thanks to Google maps overlaying the 1895 OS map on their London maps, I know now the site of my home was in the middle of a pond then.

[March-Hare]

lol jno! Yes, the house was definitely there in 1856 as I have documentary proof of this, so 1841 and 1851 may be a blank but 1861, 1871 & 1881 it would certainly have been occupied - rather grand house on the very edge of town ............. do you have Ancestry and could you perhaps looks it up for me in case I am getting something wrong please?

Also - I and TB15 are one and the same, I just used the wrong ID initially to post the question. Grateful for any help :-)

[Jennykenny]

Jon, can I jump in here. Never knew you could do that. How would you find a specific street? Trying to find my husband's family house in 153 Newington Butts, in South London. Any help greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

[March-Hare]

JennyKenny - is this now the A3 near the Elephant?

[Jennykenny]

Think so. Sorry not very good on a London knowledge.

[craft1948]

I'd ask for help from someone who subscribes to findmypast. You can search censuses on there by name or by address.

[Baldric]

March Hare and TB15 (OPer) appear to be one and the same!

TB @ 1921, followed by
March hare @ 1933, ??

[March-Hare]

Yes Baldric - as explained at the end of my post at 19.33!! "Also - I and TB15 are one and the same, I just used the wrong ID initially to post the question. Grateful for any help :-)"

Technically TB15 is an account I use to post questions on behalf of a family member to assist them.

Are you able to assist with the original question?

[Baldric]

Missed that bit, up to the Ed at the end of the day

[March-Hare]

What's up to the Ed, Baldric? I accidentally posted on the account I use for my elderly father to ask questions as it was still logged on - instead of using my own account so that I see the responses in my mail. Why would this be an issue? It was a genuine error which I immediately noticed and "confessed" to in the next post! Or are you suggesting this is a hanging offence??

[Peter Pedant]

.

O baldric, keep to the point. If she wants two personalities let her....

TB some of the Manchester records were flooded and that means they come and go if you see what I mean

[Mosaic]

I wonder also, could the location have shuttled between districts, hence will appear in different parts of censuses and even in different archival databases?

[March-Hare]

Manchester, floods, shuffled districts??? I don't understand the relevance

I just want help with finding who lived at The Hawthorns, 54 Highgate Road in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 & 1881 please .................... can anyone help?

[Mosaic]

I find that a rather ungrateful response.
Historic archives can be damaged by events such a fires, wars and floods, meaning that a full and complete record is not available.
The borders between boroughs X and Y or counties A and B alter over time as populations grow or diminish.
Tell you what - if you want to get rsey just sort of do it yourself.
Did you hear the door slam?

[Baldric]

///What's up to the Ed, Baldric?///

I was just thinking of the following extract from AB rules, March-Hare

• Do not abuse the AnswerBank’s registration procedures and attempt to acquire multiple usernames. These usernames will be banned immediately.

[craft1948]

I've found a site that lets you search by address, what town and county is the address in?

[March-Hare]

Baldric .... let me spell this out for you in simple words ..... I do no have more than on account ... TB15 is my fathers account. As I posted a question for him recently whilst hr was visiting my laptop was still logged on as him. When I posted this question I had not noticed it went under my father's account until after I submitted the post! Its surely not that difficult .... an error was made that I explained on my second post. If you cannot answer my question kindly leave the thread. Thank you

[Baldric]

It's an public forum, you have no choice who posts on it, I probably could help you, my Business involves helping people find things / people they can't find for themselves, however as Mosaic says,
///Tell you what - if you want to get rsey just sort of do it yourself.
Did you hear the door slam?///
As a fellow AB member I would have done it for free for you, but ........

[anneasquith]

oh stop it girls :) :)

[Baldric]

Hi Anne, you OK?