Thread: waterton of norfolk

greetings,



i wonder if anyone out there could assist given the following information -



i am originally from london as are most of my waterton clan. my father and his family originated in lambeth. i have tracked down his grandfather, richard waterton, also of lambeth, in the 1901 census. it is from here that it gets a bit sketchy.



my grandfather always insisted that his ancestors migrated to london from norwich. i have discovered, according to the 1841 norfolk census, that the name waterton could be found in fulmodeston, wroxham and blofield. whether or not they are anything to do with my family is a mystery. certainly there are no watertons to be found in london in 1841.



it would be of great interest to me if anyone could shed any light at all on the norfolk watertons. traditional family first names include - frederick, richard, william, ethel and alice.



thanking you in advance for any clues.



cliff waterton

Hi Cliff

http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transc...s/surnames.php

Have you tried this only two on surnames but



Check parishes as ive found some good luck

Hi Cliff,



It would seem as though your grandfather could have been right.

I have just checked the 1901 and the 81 census and the richard waterton was in lambeth but on the 81 there are none for that year, only in norfolk.

I would like to check the rest of the censuses for you but without any dates its hard, so if possible could i please have your grandads date of birth, and then we can go from there, we can trace them back then.



Thanks



Kelly

Hi Cliff.

I have found this in the 91 census



Edward waterton 39 Carman? and he was born in norfolk norwich

ann wife 38 born in london

John 18 general labourer london lambeth

Richard 13 scholar london lambeth

Ann 7 scholar london lambeth



all living in lambeth looks like 52 goding street



Are these anything to do with you?



kelly