Search for James in the 1851 Census
I searched for James in the 1851 Census using ancestry.com using the following criteria:
James Lawes (Spelling Soundex)
Male
Birth yr: 1793 + - 10yrs
Norfolk
It came back with 18 matches. I than narrowed this list down by hand checking only those entries who were born in Norwich and or were living in or around Norwich at the time of the census.
This left me with 5 entries
James Lawes abt 1798 St Pauls Norwich, Norfolk, England Head Norwich St Swithin Norfolk
James Laws abt 1803 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Head Great Yarmouth Norfolk
James Laws abt 1784 Norwich, Norfolk, England Pauper Gressenhall Norfolk
James Laws abt 1793 Norwich, Norfolk, England Head New Catton Norfolk
James Leich abt 1799 East Ruston, Norfolk, England Head Norwich St Simon and St Jude Norfolk
The most likely match is the one in red, but I still need to do some more reasearch to eliminate or keep the others.
James Lawes (Spelling Soundex)
Male
Birth yr: 1793 + - 10yrs
Norfolk
It came back with 18 matches. I than narrowed this list down by hand checking only those entries who were born in Norwich and or were living in or around Norwich at the time of the census.
This left me with 5 entries
James Lawes abt 1798 St Pauls Norwich, Norfolk, England Head Norwich St Swithin Norfolk
James Laws abt 1803 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Head Great Yarmouth Norfolk
James Laws abt 1784 Norwich, Norfolk, England Pauper Gressenhall Norfolk
James Laws abt 1793 Norwich, Norfolk, England Head New Catton Norfolk
James Leich abt 1799 East Ruston, Norfolk, England Head Norwich St Simon and St Jude Norfolk
The most likely match is the one in red, but I still need to do some more reasearch to eliminate or keep the others.
