Winchfield is a small village in the Hart District of Hampshire in the South-East of England. It is situated 1 mile south-west of Hartley Wintney, 8 miles east of Basingstoke, 2 miles north-east of Odiham and 38 miles west of London. It is well connected to London Waterloo and Basingstoke by rail.
I've been so confused by the place names of these Henwood's birth places. So often there is more than a city and a county. Everything seems to be so close to each other. It must all run together.
This is an important village because this is where (supposedly) my children's grandfather Henwood was born. Many of his people came from Hampshire County.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
1841 Census in England-Henwood Search
In 1841 there were 1,056 Henwoods listed.
In Hampshire County there were 93 living there.
Out of those, there was one Henry age 5 b: 1836. So I looked for another Henry born in Hampshire but living out of the county.
I wanted to find Henry Henwood b: 1827 Basingstoke, Hampshire County, England.
On the 1841 census I found another Henry Henwood born in 1826. That's as close as I could find. He was born in Cornwall, 15 years old and living in London. He was a labourer working in a copper mine. Cornwall is where the village of Henwood is. This is the first connection that I have and that's just a possibility. Our records say differently, so this may not be our Henry.
How different then life was for a 15 year old. Working in a copper mine must have been horrid.
On this website I found 1,056 Henwoods. It was a very common name. They all came up within seconds.
On ancestry.com I did get an 1841 census that found our Henry in Basingstoke. He was living with a schoolmaster and his family as a pupil and was 14 years old. For some reason he did not appear on this new website listing. How lucky he was to be in school. I haven't a clue as to why he was boarding with this family. I hope his parents hadn't died.
Reference: http://www.ukcensusonline.com/free-search.php?fn=&sn=Henwood&search_string=&sns_year_list=1841&sns_county_list=all&sp=9
http://www.ancestry.com/
In Hampshire County there were 93 living there.
Out of those, there was one Henry age 5 b: 1836. So I looked for another Henry born in Hampshire but living out of the county.
I wanted to find Henry Henwood b: 1827 Basingstoke, Hampshire County, England.
On the 1841 census I found another Henry Henwood born in 1826. That's as close as I could find. He was born in Cornwall, 15 years old and living in London. He was a labourer working in a copper mine. Cornwall is where the village of Henwood is. This is the first connection that I have and that's just a possibility. Our records say differently, so this may not be our Henry.
How different then life was for a 15 year old. Working in a copper mine must have been horrid.
On this website I found 1,056 Henwoods. It was a very common name. They all came up within seconds.
On ancestry.com I did get an 1841 census that found our Henry in Basingstoke. He was living with a schoolmaster and his family as a pupil and was 14 years old. For some reason he did not appear on this new website listing. How lucky he was to be in school. I haven't a clue as to why he was boarding with this family. I hope his parents hadn't died.
Reference: http://www.ukcensusonline.com/free-search.php?fn=&sn=Henwood&search_string=&sns_year_list=1841&sns_county_list=all&sp=9
http://www.ancestry.com/
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