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Help with 1840 USA Census

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Colette

Colette Report 24 Sep 2007 23:54

Hi can anyone help.. i have been helping a friend and we have found an ancestor named William Price b New York c1826..
He became a professional Singer with the Sable Harmonists.. a sort of black N white minstrel.. his stage name was William Ceda...
He came to England met and married a Mary Ann Wood who was also a professional singer..its his earlier life we know nothing about.
I cannot track him in 1851 in the UK its been hard enough finding him on one census the 1871 in Liverpool.. his children are always left with relatives etc...

Hope someone can help..

Regards Colette

Researching:
Pratt..Kenilworth...Ralston..Glasgow....Haizelden..Chiddingly Sussex..Benson..Troutbeck Cumbria.

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 25 Sep 2007 00:16

Only the head of the family is listed in the 1840 census so he won't be on there.

Rose

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I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 25 Sep 2007 00:27

What about the marriage cert? Who was his father?

Rose

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I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 25 Sep 2007 01:28

Do you have this?
CEDA, WILLIAM: real name William Price, one of the Sable Harmonists, died in Liverpool, England, March 9, 1873. His remains were interred in Hofield Cemetery

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 25 Sep 2007 02:29

You might be interested in this website. It's historical newspapers of New York State and if you type in "sable harmonists" quite a few articles appear.

http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Colette

Colette Report 25 Sep 2007 09:40

Hi all anf thank you yes i have the piece from the Cork & Tambourine web site but thank you.

The man is now sending of for William's death cert...

.I will now go check out the other web site you mentioned..

Regards Colette

Researching:
Pratt..Kenilworth...Ralston..Glasgow....Haizelden..Chiddingly Sussex..Benson..Troutbeck Cumbria.

Colette

Colette Report 26 Sep 2007 10:42

Hi Rose i think i have found the marriage in Lambeth 1852 Will Price -Mary Ann Wood.. seen as though there two first children Will and Henry were born in Middlesex its a good bet..

Colette

Researching:
Pratt..Kenilworth...Ralston..Glasgow....Haizelden..Chiddingly Sussex..Benson..Troutbeck Cumbria.