re: the 1841 census.

Richard CARTER - 75
Henrey CARTER - 26
William CARTER - 24
Harriett CARTER - 23
N/K (female) 4 days

William CARTER (father Richard CARTER) married Harriett WEBB - 24 December 1840 Awre

Gloucestershirebdm: Hester CARTER, birth - 1840 Westbury on Severn, mother's maiden name WEBB

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- on Gloucetershirebdm

two births: WATKINS/CRUMP - both Forest of Dean, Westbury on Severn -

Elizabeth - 1839 - Fod Records - christened 26 July 1839 - at Blakeney - parents William & Susannah - (Old Furnace)
Emma - 1840 (? Burial at Awre 1 January 1841, Emma WATKINS - aged 4 months)

Freebdm: Birth July/August/Sept Qtr 1840 - Westbury on Severn - the 4 day old baby on the census doesn't look to be Susanna's

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If you cross-check Ancestry Criminal Records with Gloucestershire Records office (theirs are)

William WATKINS - age 25, 2 December 1840, Much Birch, Hereford, labourer
William WATKINS - age 26 - 13 October 1841, Much Birch, Hereford, labourer

William WATKINS - age 23 - 1 January 1841 - Old Sodbury

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Ancestry :

William WATKINS, Gloucestershire age 25 - date of trial - 5 January 1841 - 3 months - larcency

William WATKINS, Gloucestershire - age 23 date of trial - 31 March 1841 - 18 months, sheep stealing - he wouldn't be out until September 1843.

Date of 1841 census: 6 June 1841 - so the first one should be 'out of jail.
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William WATKINS would be aged around 24 - 1841 census