Help with 1881 and 1891 census

[Margaret in Burton]

I have William Fearn in 1871

RG10; Piece: 2900; Folio: 19; Page: 29


He is aged 23 born Gresley, Derbyshire
wife Mary age 30 born Chesterfield
John W aged 3 born Gresley
Mary Ann aged 1 born Gresley

He then turns up in 1901 as a widower and an invalid and living with his mother at 47 Coppice Side, Church Gresley, Derbyshire RG13; Piece: 2638; Folio: 11; Page: 14


Any references to Swadlincote could be them as it's near enough the same place.

I can't see him or the family in 1881 and 1891

[Mary from Italy]

I think this is the family in 1881, listed as Hearne:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/75...nSearchResults

[Shona]

This may be them in 1891.

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/65...l=ReturnRecord

EDIT: Seems we have both gone for the same family, Mary.

[Mary from Italy]

Well done, I hadn't found them in 1891 yet. I think the enumerator's accidentally switched William and Mary's birthplaces in 1891.

[Mary from Italy]

I think this may be Mary's death; she seems to have knocked off a few years in 1891:

Deaths Jun 1894
FEARN Mary 52 Burton 6b 201

[Margaret in Burton]

Thank you both.

I now have a horrible feeling I'm researching the wrong family.

I need them to have a son John W born in 1868. I have found a burial

http://www.southderbyshirebdm.co.uk/...s.asp?id=26441



This marriage is correct as I have the son's birth cert

http://www.southderbyshirebdm.co.uk/...ls.asp?Id=7166


The couple you both found have a son John in 1891 aged 10

[Margaret in Burton]

I think this is the one I should have

RG10; Piece: 2901; Folio: 56; Page: 14


Because in 1891 his father is a brewers labourer like on the marriage

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/65...nSearchResults


I apologise for wasting peoples time.

[kiterunner]

This is that family in 1881, Marg, but they don't have a John with them. They do have a Mary age 11, which fits with the 1871, but her birthplace says Staffs Orgreave.
1881 census ancestry

Edit - ah, looking at the link you posted to the burial, they aren't supposed to have a John with them in 1881, is that right?

[Margaret in Burton]

I've found the correct John in 1881. The family who had the burial at aged 6 are the wrong family.


RG 11 piece 2758 folio 135 page 21

[kiterunner]

Sorry, Marg, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as to who we were looking for.