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Hi,

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John and I are aware that there are errors in the Flay line and they are being addressed. Trouble is other things keep popping up and both the Flay line and the Wates family have suffered accordingly. I am just about hanging on to full-time job repairing TVs, videos and Hi-Fi equipment etc. so I can’t spend as much time as I would like to on research!

I welcome updates and additions and every time I get a comment like yours I spend as much time as I can on sorting out that particular family. Basically, if there is no census information on the site about a particular individual who lived in the UK during the census years, I haven’t got around to him/her yet! I do apologise for this and will try to get everything sorted in the fullness of time. I do, of course, pass on any updates to John Flay who is currently going through all his data.

Here is the 1841 census information for Matilda (I7801) and co.

1841 England Census data extracted from Ancestry Records 7/5/2010

Information for Charles FLAY

Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1806
Gender: Male
Where born: Wiltshire, England
Civil parish: Bishops Cannings
Hundred: Potterne and Cannings
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England
Registration district: Devizes
Sub-registration district: Devizes
Household Members:
Charles FLAY Age: 35 (1806)
Hannah FLAY Age: 30 (1811)
John FLAY Age: 13 (1828)
George FLAY Age: 12 (1829)
Ephraim FLAY Age: 11 (1830)
Selina FLAY Age: 10 (1831)
Matilda FLAY Age: 8 (1833)
Frederic FLAY Age: 6 (1835)
Bethia FLAY Age: 4 (1837)
Rosanna FLAY Age: 1 (1840)

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 1184; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Bishops Cannings; County: Wiltshire; Enumeration District: 6; Folio: 8; Page: 10; Line: 16; GSU roll: 464201.

You can see from this that Matilda was two years younger than Frederick and so I suggest the year of his birth has been entered incorrectly.

In 1851 Matilda was living with her brother John:

1851 England Census data extracted from Ancestry Records 7/5/2010

Information for Matilda FLAY

Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Relation: Sister
Gender: Female
Where born: Appleshaw, Hampshire, England
Civil parish: Melksham
Town: Melksham
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England
Registration district: Melksham
Sub-registration district: Melksham
ED, institution, or vessel: 1g
Household schedule number: 18
Household Members:
John FLAY Age: 23 (1828)
Anne FLAY Age: 24 (1827)
Frederick FLAY Age: 3 (1848)
Henry FLAY Age: 1 (1850)
Matilda FLAY Age: 17 (1834)
Rosanna FLAY Age: 11 (1840)

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1840; Folio: 111; Page: 5; GSU roll: 220987.

Whereas Frederick is still with his parents:

1851 England Census data extracted from Ancestry Records 7/5/2010

Information for Frederick FLAY

Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Son
Father’s Name: Charles
Mother’s Name: Hannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Appleshaw, Hampshire, England
Civil parish: Melksham
Town: Melksham
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England
Registration district: Melksham
Sub-registration district: Melksham
ED, institution, or vessel: 1g
Household schedule number: 148
Household Members:
Charles FLAY Age: 46 (1805)
Hannah FLAY Age: 43 (1808)
Frederick FLAY Age: 15 (1836)
Bethia FLAY Age: 14 (1837)
William FLAY Age: 7 (1844)
Eliza BULTER Age: 18 (1833)

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1840; Folio: 127; Page: 36; GSU roll: 220987.

As for Albert Flay (I8062) I have no idea and will have to pass it on to John. As you are aware, it’s not always easy to obtain correct information from across the pond in either direction but with the help of good people like yourself we will endeavour to correct our errors.

Thank you for your comments about the Flay family and about the website and I hope you get the links working.

Regards,

Phil.