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I am looking at henry varney born 1805, i have tracked him in census 1841,51,61,71. Because there is no census for before 1841 i went onto familysearch*org to trace his birth for further hints... and i dont understand the return i got. The address is correct so i know i have the right family, but am i right in saying a 76 year old widowed man registered a baby boy in 1805? Individual Record 1881 British Census Search results | Download Next Individual -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry VARNEY Household Male -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Information: Birth Year <1805> Birthplace Wormley, Hertford, England Age 76 Occupation General Lab Marital Status W <Widowed> Head of Household Henry VARNEY Relation Head Disability -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Dwelling Pleasant Place No 1 Census Place Wormley, Hertford, England Family History Library Film 1341341 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability Henry VARNEY Head W Male 76 Wormley, Hertford, England General Lab Matthew CARTER Brother In Law U Male 66 Hoddesdon, Hertford, England General Lab George VARNEY Son U Male 37 Wormley, Hertford, England General Lab Sarah BIRD Dau M Female 34 Wormley, Hertford, England Soldiers Wife Henry VARNEY Son U Male 30 Wormley, Hertford, England General Lab William VARNEY Son U Male 28 Wormley, Hertford, England General Lab Charles VARNEY Son U Male 17 Wormley, Hertford, England General Lab Thomas BIRD Grandson Male 7 Stratford Scholar Edward BIRD Grandson Male 8 m Wormley, Hertford, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Dwelling Pleasant Place No 1 Census Place Wormley, Hertford, England Family History Library Film 1341341 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 1399 / 16 Page Number 25

sorry about my format on above message its very bad and i dont know how to change it

The formatting's always messed up like that in the first message on a thread. The details you've copied are the census return for the 1881 census. It shows that in 1881, Henry Varney, born 1805, was the head of the household. All the other people listed were living with him at the same address. The little boy was his grandson, and he was 8 months old in 1881.

Here's Henry Varney's birth, from the IGI: HENRY VARNEY Male Event(s): Birth: 31 MAR 1805 Christening: 28 APR 1805 Wormley, Hertford, England Parents: Father: THOMAS VARNEY Mother: SARAH

thats much better than what i found, thank you mary!

Butter Fingers, No matter how nicely you type out your original message, it will come out looking as it did. The format cannot be changed. For a long message, most of us type 'see below' and type our question/request as a reply. Rebs x

great thank you ladies 0) can you tell me what igi is? not heard of that one i dont think

It's still the familysearch.org site. When you go to the site and click on search, you should then click on International Genealogical Index in the left-hand margin to get pre-1837 births. You clicked on Census, which only gives you the 1881 census.

oooh i see what you mean now...learn something new everyday 0) Thank you for the reply mary