Filling in gaps in my family tree at the moment.

In 1841 Paradise St Wolverhampton.
Thomas 34 stone mason
Ann 33
Marianne 8 all born in County

Can't find them in 1851

1861 Dudley Road Wolverhampton
Thomas 52 stone mason b St Helens ??
Ann 52

living with married daughter Mary Ann Gee.

Mary and husband George came to live in Sheffield.

Can anyone find
1) where they were in 1851 as I'd like to clarify Thomas'place of birth
2) a marriage for Thomas and Ann.

I believe Thomas may have died in 1862 in Wolverhampton.

Jenny

May have just found a marriage but not 100% certain.

Thomas Joseph Bowell m Ann Finchett 12 Oct 1828 Bushbury Staffs

not found yet in 1851 but I do not think it was St helens he was born but like you could be wrong.

however have you ruled this marriage out Thomas Bowell to Ann Rogers 19 Mar 1832 at Welshpool. Osnt that near staffordshire border?

I had found that marriage but didn't realise Welshpool was near the Staffs border.

please check I could be entirely wrong on that

Jenny check this out 1851 census Brook Street Wolverhampton

Thomas Bowen stonemason born 1806 at Hanley therefore coud 1861 be St for staffordshire and Hanley

Anne

Mary Anne born 1833 a Japan Bronzer

look at the original that looks like ll at the end of his name but you could understand why it has been transcribed at Bowen.

what do you think?

That does look promising. Thanks a lot John.

Jenny,
The 1861 census for Thomas Bowell has his birthplace as St Helena. I have no doubt. Clearly he was actually born in Hanley, Staffs as in the 1851 census. Presumably the 1861 enumerator could not read his own shorthand when he transferred the record. Note that at the time of the census in 1861 the island of St Helena was very much in the newspapers reporting the final transfer in Paris of the remains of Napoleon Bonaparte to his magnificent tomb in Les Invalides following the return of those remains from the S Atlantic island of St Helena 20 years before.
The enumerator must have made a strange connection in his mind.
Dave

Dave, I'm sure your right about the spurious mention of St Helena but it did catch my eye because of a man who is buried in Walkley Cemetery.

Cornelius Valentine Clifford is described on his gravestone as 'A native of St Helena, Africa'. He and a brother both served for a few years in the Royal Navy and his brother is described on a statement of his services as 'a man of colour'. When their father was baptised on St Helena in 1844 he was described as an 'emancipated African'.

While researching these people I discovered a lot of parish registers for the island at the University of Witwatersrand.

Hugh