Re: William REED - census location query

Anne Chambers wrote:
Dave Moore wrote:
Continuing with my research into the family of William REED, I have now found him in the 1861 census, with son Shipley (12) and Albert (10 months). His new partner (unmarried) is Julia Hill, but I am having difficulty in reading her place of birth.

The census reference is RG9/110/60/51, and Julia Hill's entry is the penultimate. Ancestry has the place transcribed as Wisconsin, Allenton, but I feel that is incorrect.

To me it looks more like ???cestershire, Allerton.

I know there is an Allerton near Liverpool, but the county name does not look like Lancashire.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Dave Moore



Well done finding him !

I think it's Lancastershire (!)

According to Google, there seem to be a few Allertons - one in North Yorkshire; Stone Allerton (or just Allerton) in Somerset; quite a few references to Allerton in 'the county of Lancaster', to name but a few - and the county name looks more like Worcestershire on second viewing.

Do you think William Reed did this deliberately ? To have chosen enumerators with such vile hands that they are consistently mistranscribed in census after census does seem to hint at forward planning.

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