Second opinion needed, please

[Sue from Southend]

On the right hand side of this 1841 image there is a family headed by William age 65 with: John age 35, Elizabeth age 5 and John age 1 and George age 23. They are underneath the Pearcy family. What do you think their surname is? Also William age 65's profession?

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=8978&iid=MDXHO107_690_691-0198&fn=Mitalda&ln=Pearcy&st=d&ssrc=&pid=7580813

Class: HO107; Piece 691; Book: 1; Folio: 28; Page: 4; Line: 10; GSU roll: 438807

[WendyPusey]

Looks like Saunders to me.

Occupation looks like Buck Maker?

[Merry]

Saunders and brick maker?

[Sue from Southend]

That's a shame - I was hoping for Lawrence but now I look at it again you might be right :(. And no idea what a Buck Maker might be either :d

I've amended my original post as I'd written John instead of William - but at least you still found them! Thanks for looking, Wendy

[Sue from Southend]

Thanks Merry, Saunders seems to be it then. The Pearcy's above this family are mine. Elizabeth's maiden name was Lawrence and for a few brief moments I thought she was living next door to her father ( I have no idea what her father's name might have been)
If he's not her father the occupation is irrelevant as I won't be looking for the baptism now :rolleyes:

Thanks again

[Nell]

Sue

S and L are often easy to mistake for eachother. If only they'd completed the censuses in block capitals, how much easier it would be!

[Sue from Southend]

A case of severe wishful thinking on both our parts, Nell!

[Uncle John]

Winnie the Pooh lived under the name of Sanders, and you know what happened to him.