Thread: Paxton look up Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire

My great great grandfather gave his parents name and birthdate along with shire in his Civil war record. It is Benjamin Paxton August 6, 1823. He is supposed to be the son of William Paxton and Mary Brown. In the CW record he lists his shire as Oxfordshire, in his obituary it is Buckinghamshire. I really need confirmation of the shire to research any further.



Also since they aren't online, does a census exist for 1831?

Hi Jennifer, here is an extract from the 1841 census:-



1841 census person search results





Your search has returned 1 result. Search criteria used:County:Oxfordshire Last name:Paxton First name:Benjamin Year of Birth:1823 Searching within:Households, Institutions, Vessels Cost:You will be charged 3 credits for a transcript and 3 credits for an image, unless you have purchased a subscription for this set of records.

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imageHouseholdPAXTON, Benjamin MBrackleyOxfordshireVIEW VIEW

Regards, Tom

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Also since they aren't online, does a census exist for 1831?[/quote]



Hello,

Someone else has given you guidance for 1841. That was the first national census to be held. There are other censuses carried out locally before that but they are very few and far between. Most are simply head counts and not of individual's details.



Brackley itself is in Northamptonshire, but some of the places in bordering North Oxfordshire were in the Brackley Union.



Yours

Victoria