William WATKINS Shoemaker, b1829 Bristol ? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, September 28, 2012, 17:15 (4439 days ago) @ slowhands

Hi Jan,
Is it possible this is the same William Watkins aged 22, but named twice in the 1851 Census, once at his place of work as per your post and again at home, as below ?

From Glos FHS cd, 1851 Census:

1959 1851 CENSUS HO107/1959 FF.0089-0116 ED.3A NEWNHAM 1
Piece: 1959 Folio: 0107 Schedule: 107
Address: Ruardeanhill

WATKINS William HD M 22 Shoe Maker GLS Bristol (c1829)
WATKINS Elizabeth WI M 23 - GLS Gloucester (c1828)
WATKINS Albert G. SO U 8M - GLS East Dean (c1850)

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Ref your "Island" reference, in case you didnt have it in full, the Glos FHS cd gives:

1961 1851 CENSUS HO107/1961 FF.0246 - 0285 ED.1A SAINT NICHOLAS
Piece: 1961 Folio: 0262 Schedule: 101
Address: Island

DUNN Caroline WI M 56 Lodginghouse Keeper GLS Gloucester (c1795)
WATKINS Elizabeth VR M 23 - GLS Gloucester (c1828)
JENKINS Maria VR U 21 - GLS Gloucester (c1830)
MILLS Henry GS U 12 - GLS Gloucester (c1839)
JONES David VR - 21 Rail Lab GLS Gloucester (c1830)
JONES John VR - 23 Rail Lab WLS North Wales (c1828)
SLEADS John VR M 23 Rail Lab GLS Gloucester (c1828)
- Richard VR M 23 Sawyer - - (c1828)

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This household may be relevant from the same Census:

1961 1851 CENSUS HO107/1961 FF.0246 - 0285 ED.1A SAINT NICHOLAS
Piece: 1961 Folio: 0284 Schedule: 258
Address: Island

WATKINS William HD M 28 Cordwainer LAN Hornby (c1823)
WATKINS Emily WI M 27 - GLS Gloucester St.Nicholas (c1824)
WATKINS William SO - 3 - GLS Gloucester St.Nicholas (c1848)
WATKINS Samuel SO - 1 - GLS Gloucester St.Nicholas (c1850)

(Now off to discover for myself where Alney Island is, by the docks/canal perhaps ?)

Update: nice to see not just me who had never heard of it !. But the Azores...?
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Big-Issue-exactly-Alney-Island/story-16021327-de...