George Welcome 1820-1891 Mary Shephard 1822

George Welcome
Parents: William Welcome and Charlotte Davis
Christened 30 Apr 1820 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: Surname spelled Wellcome in record
Occupation Ag Lab (Farmer)
Married Mary Shephard 26 Nov 1843 Hunston, Sussex, England
Died 5 Jul1891 Hunston, Sussex, England
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 p 5 England Marriages 1538-1973 Film 218671 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 p 3-4
1841 England and Wales Census for Kipson Bank, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 20)
1851 England and Wales Census Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 30)
1861 England and Wales Census Hunston, Sussex, England (age 42)
1871 England and Wales Census Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England
1881 England and Wales Census Hunston, Sussex, England page 3 (age 62)
1891 England and Wales Census Hunston Road, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 72)
Burial:  England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch I04395-7 Film 2186971 items 1-3 pg 41
Ancestral File
Online: http://www.tinkersunited.co.uk/public_dbs/linezz/p405.htm#i20223
Mary Sheppard
Parents: Thomas Sheppard and Mary Coneage
Christened 13 Oct 1822 Sidlesham, Sussex, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416755 Batch C071051 dated 1813-1876
1841 England and Wales Census for Chichester, Sussex, England (age 20)
1851 England and Wales Census Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 29)
1861 England and Wales Census Hunston, Sussex, England (age 40)
1871 England and Wales Census Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England
1881 England and Wales Census Hunston, Sussex, England page 3 (age 59)
1891 England and Wales Census Hunston Road, Hunston, Sussex, England
1901 England and Wales Census Near Canal Bridge, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 75)
Ancestral File
Online: http://www.tinkersunited.co.uk/public_dbs/linezz/p405.htm#i20223

CHILDREN

George (Frank) Welcome
Christened 4 Jul 1844 Donnington, Sussex, England
Note:  he was christened as George
Sources
Christening: England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Batch C07037-1 Film 918469 and IGI Film 0918469 Batch C070731 dated 1559-1878
1851 England and Wales Census for Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 6)
1861 England and Wales Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 16)
Ancestral File
Alfred Welcome
Christened 27 Mar 1846 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: Surname spelled Wellcome in record
Buried 7 Feb 1858 Hunston, Sussex, England (age 10)
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Batch I04395-7 Film 2186971 items 1-3 p 25
England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch I04395-7 Film 2186971 items 1-3 fn 265
Ancestral File
Harriet Welcome
Christened 11 Jul 1847 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: name spelled Harriett Wellcome in record
Married 1) John Till 25 Nov 1868 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: Bride and Groom were both 21
Children:  Louisa, Kathleen, John, Ernest, Eva, Alice, Edith, Thomas
2) William Hambry 1902 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
No children
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 p 26
1851 England and Wales Census for Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 3)
1861 England and Wales Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 14)
Note:  She is listed as a servant in the household
1871 England and Wales Census for Singleton, Sussex, England
1881 England and Wales Census for Midhurst, Sussex, England page 21 (age 33)
1891 England and Wales Census for Midhurst Common, Midhurst, Sussex, England (age 43)
1901 England and Wales Census for 22 Wilton Road, Sandown, Hampshire, England (age 49)
Note: in 1901 she is the head of household 
1911 UK Census: 144 Riga Terrace, Prince Albert Road, Portsmouth, Hamps, England (age 63)
Marriage to John: England Marriages 1538-1973 Film 218671 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3
Marriage to William: England and Wales Civil Registration Index
Online: http://www.tinkersunited.co.uk/public_dbs/linezz/p432.htm#i21582
Ancestral File

*Caroline Welcome
Born 16 Dec 1848 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note:  her obituary claims 10 Nov 1848
Christened 28 Jan 1849 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: Surname spelled Wellcome. Mother's name incorrectly given/transcribed as Amelia
Married Bennett Clark 19 Feb 1870 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: Bride was 21 and Groom was 20
Immigrated to New Zealand 9 Jun 1871 aboard the Merope (age 22) arrived in Canterbury, New Zealand 25 Aug 1871
Immigrated to Utah by Oct 1889
Children: Charles, William, Elizabeth, Alfred, Walter, Lucy, Joseph, Amasa, Charlotte, Edwin, Rosalla, Nellie, ParleyDied 16 Jun 1924 West Warren, Weber, Utah (Hodgkins disease and infected teeth)
Buried 20 Jun 1924 Warren Cemetery, Weber, Utah
Sources
1851 England and Wales Census for Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 2)
1861 England and Wales Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 12)
Marriage:  England Marriages 1538-1973 Film 218671 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3
Immigration to New Zealand:  New Zealand Passenger Lists 1855-1973, Canterbury 1871 page 18
Utah Death Certificate
Obituary
Ancestral File
George Welcome
Born 3 Nov 1850 Hunston, Sussex, England
Christened 1 Dec 1850 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: His mother's name is given as Mary Ann in record
Died 14 Sep 1862 Hunston, Sussex, England (age 11)
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 fn 240
1851 England and Wales Census for Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 0)
1861 England and Wales Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 10)
Burial: Batch I04395-7 Film 2186971 items 1-3 fn 281
Ancestral File
Ellen Welcome
Born 9 May 1852 Hunston, Sussex, England
Christened 5 Sep 1852 Hunston, Sussex, England
Burial 23 Jan 1859 Hunston, Sussex, England (age 6)
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 fn 244
Burial: England Deaths and Burials 1638-1991 Batch I04395-7 Film 218671 Ref# items 1-3 fn 268
Ancestral File
Henry Welcome
Born 10 May 1854 Hunston, Sussex, England
Christened 9 Jul 1854 Hunston, Sussex, England
Did not find a marriage for him
possible Burial 6 Apr 1907 Pagham, Sussex, England (age 52)
Note:  name given as Harry in record which is why I'm not so sure.  tinkersunited give the year as about 1907 and the place Westhampnett
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 fn 248
1861 England and Wales Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 6)
1871 England and Wales Census for Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England
1881 England and Wales Census for Aldwick Road, Pagham, Sussex, England page 3 (age 24)
Note:  single, his birthplace as Mundham, he's living with Richard and Sarah Beaton and working as a Ag laborer along with two other men
1891 England and Wales Census Kempsfield Cottages No 1, Pagham, Sussex, England (age 32)
1901 England and Wales Census Rose Green, Pagham, Sussex, England (age 47)
Note:  Living as a lodger in 1901 Census
Burial: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch I03580-4 Film 1041597 Ref#182
Ancestral File
Online: http://www.tinkersunited.co.uk/public_dbs/linezz/p432.htm#i21587
Frederick Welcome
Born 17 Aug 1856 Hunston, Sussex, England
Christened 28 Aug 1856 Hunston, Sussex, England
probably Buried 1 Nov 1857 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: have never found Frederick in any Census records and think it's because he died before the 1861 Census
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 fn 250
England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 fn 258
Ancestral File
Fanny Welcome
Born 23 Jul 1858 Hunston, Sussex, England
Christened 29 Aug 1858 Hunston, Sussex, England
Possible marriage to Richard Hickman 21 Sep 1879 Funtington, Sussex, England
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 fn 261
1861 England and Wales Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 2)
1871 England and Wales Census for Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England (age 12)
1881 England and Wales Census for Funtington, Sussex, England (age 26 - wife of Richard)
Online: http://www.tinkersunited.co.uk/public_dbs/linezz/p432.htm#i21588
Ancestral File

William Welcome
Born 2 Sep 1861 Hunston, Sussex, England
Christened 12 Sep 1861 Hunston, Sussex, England
Married Esther Arnell 18 Apr 1886 Chichester, Sussex, England
Children: William, Albert, Stephen, Ester, Harriet, Jesse
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 fn 274
1891 England and Wales Census for Sidlesham, Sussex, England (age 29, Esther is 26)
1901 England and Wales Census for Chichester, Sussex, England (age 39 Esther is 35)
1911 England and Wales Census for Chichester, Sussex, England (age 49, Esther is 45)
Picture:  Ancestral File courtesy Christopher Dunn
Online: http://www.tinkersunited.co.uk/public_dbs/linezz/p432.htm#i21589
Florence Welcome
Christened 25 Oct 1863 Hunston, Sussex, England
Note: Surname spelled Wellcome in record
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 fn 283
1871 England and Wales Census,  Hunston Common, Hunston, Sussex, England
1881 England and Wales Census Rumbolds-Wyke, Sussex, England (age 17)
Note:  In 1881 she was working as a General Servant for the George and Jane Smith family at Nepon Inn on Whyke Road
Online: http://www.tinkersunited.co.uk/

Walter Welcome
Christened 1 Oct 1865 Hunston, Sussex, England
Married Sarah Faith Sep 1884 Chichester, Sussex, England
Children: Walter, William
Death: 28 January 1926 West Sussex, England
Note:  according to the inscription on the headstone, he was accidentally killed and his son, Walter, died ten years before as a Prisoner of War.
Buried:  Chichester Cemetery, Chichester, Sussex, England
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3
1871 England and Wales Census for Hunston, Sussex, England
1881 England and Wales Census in Hunston, Sussex, England page 3 (age 15)
1891 England and Wales Census for Chichester, Sussex, England (age 26)
1901 England and Wales Census for Chichester, Sussex, England (age 35)
Note:  This is the last Census where Sarah is showing
1911 England and Wales Census for Chichester, Sussex, England (age 46)
http://www.tinkersunited.co.uk/
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134788111

William Shepherd 12 Jan 1773 Sarah Keates 1773

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6th Great grandparents

William Sheppard
Parents: Henry Shepherd and Elizabeth Warden

Christened 12 Jan 1773 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Married Sarah Keates 13 May 1794 in Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: Sarah's surname spelled Ceates on record - she may have been very pregnant or just given birth to their first son, who was christened a few months after this marriage 
Buried 28 Mar 1848 Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated 1813-1876
Marriage: IGI Film 0416749 Batch M070881 dated 1662-1875
Burial: England Deaths and Burials Batch I03580-2 Film 1041597
Sarah Keates
Parents:  George Keats and Elizabeth (unknown surname)

Christened 14 Feb 1773 Sparsholt, Berkshire, England
Note:  this is abt 35 miles from Pagham
Burial 15 Dec 1839 Pagham, Sussex, England
Sources
Christening:  IGI Batch P019861 dated 1707-1812 Film 0088410
Burial:  England Deaths and Burials Batch I03580-2 Film 1041597 ref #60

CHILDREN 

William Sheppard
Christened 13 Jul 1794 Pagham, Sussex, England
Died 16 Mar 1795
Sources
Christening and Death: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated 1690-1812
Henry Sheppard
Christened 6 Mar 1796 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: I found several possibilities for marriage for Henry, but nothing to prove any were his
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated: 1690-1812

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5th Great Grandparents

*Thomas Sheppard
Christened 11 Dec 1797 Pagham, Sussex, England
Married Mary Coneage 20 Oct 1821 Donnington, Sussex, England

Occupation: Servant (1861)
Children:  Mary, Thomas, Henry, William, Charles, George, Fanny, Caroline, George

Died 2 Feb 1885 Donnington, Sussex, England

Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated: 1690-1812
Marriage:  England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch I03119-1 Film 1041532 p 9-10

1841 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (40y)

1861 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England  (62y)

Death: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch I03119-3 Page 40-41
Sarah Sheppard
Christened 7 Apr 1799 Pagham, Sussex, England
Married John Gardiner 29 Jan 1825 St Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England
Note: His surname spelled Gardiner in the marriage record
Children: William, Caroline, Ann, Lucy, Harriet

Died

Buried
Sources
Marriage: IGI Batch M070761 dated 1655-1876 Film 0416755
1841 UK Census for Pagham, Sussex, England (age 35, which is incorrect)
Mary Sheppard
Christened 3 Dec 1804 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: mother's name misspelled as Satah on the record
Married Michael Crees 2 Dec 1826 Pagham, Sussex, England
Children: William
Buried 12 Apr 1830 Stoughton, Sussex, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated: 1690-1812
Marriage: IGI Film 0416749 Batch M070881 dated 1662-1875
Buried:  England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 batch I03559-4 Film 1041567 item 3 p 20
Joseph Sheppard
Christened 3 Dec 1804 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: mother's name misspelled as Satah on the record
Married Lucy (Shea) Wright or Knight 14 Nov 1840 Pagham, Sussex, England
Note: He's 35 and she's 38 years old.  Lucy was married before and her surname was extracted as Wright AND Knight. Needs more research, but her father's name was John Shea according to the marriage record
Children: Sarah, John
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 dated: 1690-1812
Marriage: IGI Film 0416749 Batch M070881 dated 1662-1875 (in this one her surname is Wright)
Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch I03580-2 Film 1041597 Ref #7 (in this one her surname is Knight and her father's name is given as John Shea)
1841 UK Census for Pagham, Sussex, England (35y)

Thomas Sheppard 1797-1884 Mary Coneage abt 1801

Note:  The surname spelling has many variations - Shepherd, Shepard, Shepperd, Sheppard, etc.

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5th ggrandparents

Thomas Shepherd 

Parents:  William Sheppard and Sarah Keats
to see his parents click here:  http://upperlevelgen.blogspot.com/search?q=sarah+keats
Christened 11 Dec 1797 Pagham, Sussex, England

Occupation:  1841-1861: Agricultural Labor
Married Mary Coneage 20 Oct 1821 Donnington, Sussex, England

Burial 2 Feb 1885 Donnington, Sussex, England

Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0416708 Batch C070881 Dated 1690-1812

Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Film 1041532 Batch I03119-1 p 9-10
1841 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 40 - which should have been 43)
Note:  surname extracted as Shipperd
1851 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (age 52)
Note:  surname extracted as Thipud
1861 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 62, Servant, widower)
1871 UK Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 73)
Note: living with son Thomas 
1881 Census for Northend Cottages, Donnington, Sussex, England (age 80)
Note: living with son Thomas
Burial: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch I03119-3 Film 1041532 p 40-41
Mary Coneage 

Parents:  Joseph Coneage and Mary Russel
Born abt 1801 Sussex, England
Died 27 June 1859 Donnington, Sussex, England

Sources
1841 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 40)
Note:  surname extracted as Shipperd
1851 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (age 52)
Note:  surname extracted as Thipud

                         CHILDREN

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4th Ggrandparents

*Mary Shepherd 

Note: Mary was the only child born in Sidlesham

Christened 13 Oct 1822 in Sidlesham, Sussex, England
Note:  Surname spelled Sheppard in record 

Married George Welcome 26 Nov 1843 in Hunston, Sussex, England

Children: Frank, Alfred, Harriet, Caroline, George, Ellen, Henry, Frederick, William, Florence, Walter
Died 7 April 1909 Chichester, Sussex, England
Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0919100,0416749 Batch C071051 Dated 1813-1876

1841 UK Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 15 - which should have been 19)
Note:  surname extracted as Shipperd
1851 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 29)
1861 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 40)
1871 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 47)
1881 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 59)
1891 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 66 - should be 69)
1901 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 75 - should be 79, widow)
Marriage:  England Marriages 1538-1973 Film 2186971 Batch I04395-7 items 1-3 p 3-4
Thomas Shepherd

Christened 13 Nov 1825 in Donnington, Sussex, England
Note:  Surname spelled Shepherd in record

Occupation (1871-1891) Agricultural Laborer
Married: Mary Osmond 26 Jul 1847 Donnington, Sussex, England
Note:  Her surname spelled Osmund in record

Children: Frances, Marianne, Thomas, William, Ellen, Eliza, George, Kate, Henry

Died 1898 Westhampnett, Sussex, England
Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0416755 Batch C070371 Dated 1559-1878

1841 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 15)
1851 UK Census (age 26, head of house)
Marriage: England Marriages 1438-1973 Batch I03119-2 Film 1041532 and IGI Film 0416755 Batch M070371 Dated 1585-1876
1861 UK Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 36)
1871 UK Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 45)
Note: his father is living with them
1881 UK Census for Northend Cottages, Donnington, Sussex, England p 7 (age 52)
Note: his father is living with them
1891 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (age 65)

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

Henry Shepherd

Christened 26 April 1828 Donnington, Sussex, England

Occupation:  (1861-1901) Shepherd  (1911) Retired Shepherd
Married Mary Ann Barnes 4 Oct 1851 Donnington, Sussex, England

Children: Henry, John, Charles, Mary, James
Died after 1911

Sources

Christening: English Births and Baptisms Film 1041532 Batch I03119-2 p 49
1841 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 14)
Note:  surname extracted as Shipperd
1851 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (age 24)
Note:  living with parents, surname extracted as Thiphud
Marriage: England Marriages 1438-1973 Batch I03119-2 Film 1041532 and IGI Film 0416755 Batch M070371 Dated 1585-1876
1861 Census for Westhampnett, Sussex, England (age 38)
Note:  Surname spelled Shephard
1871 UK Census East Wittering, Kent, England (age 44)
1881 Census for The Warren, Earnley, Sussex, England p 16 (age 54)
1891 UK Census East Wittering, Kent, England (age 64)
1901 Census for Earnley, Sussex, England (age 73)
1911 UK Census Sidlesham, Sussex, England (age 83)

William Shepherd 

Christened 9 Aug 1830 Donnington, Sussex, England

Sources

IGI Film 0416755 Batch C070371 Dated 1559-1878
1841 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 12)
Note:  surname extracted as Shipperd
1851 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (age 22, still with parents)
Note:  surname extracted as Thipud
Charles Shepherd
Born 1832 Donnington, Sussex, England
Christened 13 Dec 1832 Chichester, Sussex, England
Married Rhoda Warrington 10 May 1862 Stoughton, Sussex, England
Children: Charles, Thomas, George, Albert, Walter, Kate
Sources
1841 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 8)
Note:  surname extracted as Shipperd
1851 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (age 18)
Note:  surname extracted as Thipud
1861 UK Census Donnington, Sussex, England (age 28)
Marriage:  England Marriages Film 1041567 Batch I03559-5
1871 UK Census Stoughton, Sussex, England  (age 34)
1881 Census for Chapel Street, Chichester St Peter the Great, Sussex, England p 3 (age 41)

George Shepherd

Christened 30 Aug 1835 Donnington, Sussex, England

Died 10 Jul 1836 Donnington, Sussex, England

Sources

Christening and death: IGI Film 0416755 Batch C070371 Dated 1559-1878
Death: England Death and Burials 1538-1991 Film 1041532 Batch I03119-2 p 13-14

Fanny Shepherd 

Christened 23 Jul 1838 Donnington, Sussex, England
Burial 26 Dec 1841 Donnington, Sussex, England

Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0416755 Batch C070371 Dated 1559-1878
1841 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England
Note:  surname extracted as Shipperd
Burial: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Film 1041532 Batch I03119-2

Caroline Shepherd 

Christened 15 Jan 1842 Donnington, Sussex, England

Married: Thomas Leppard 26 Jan 1862 Donnington, Sussex, England
Children:  Kate, William, Edwin, Emily, Albert, Arthur, Mary, Ernest, Herbert
Died 1919

Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0416755 Batch C070371 Dated 1559-1878

1851 UK Census (age 9)
Note:  surname extracted as Thipud
1861 Census for Donnington, Sussex, England (age 19)
Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch I03119-2 Film 1041532 p 27 and IGI Film 0416755 Batch M070371 Dated 1585-1876
1871 UK Census 1871 Southwick, Hampshire, England (age 28)
1881 UK Census for Southwick, Hamp, England page 15 (age 38)
1891 UK Census Southwick, Hampshire, England (age 48)
1901 UK Census for Southwick, Hamp, England (age 58)
1911 UK Census Southwick, Hamp, England (age 69, Widowed) 

George Shepherd

Christened 10 Nov 1844 Donnington, Sussex, England
Occupation(s): 1871: Officer at the Prison
1881-1891: Baker
Married: Emma Hughes 11 Sep 1868 St Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire, England
Children: George, Samuel, Emma, Blanche, May, Ernest, Harry, Rose, Stephen

Sources

Christening: IGI Film 0416755 Batch C070371 Dated 1559-1878

Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Film 919760 Batch M06261-4
1851 UK Census (age 6)
Note:  surname extracted as Thipud
1861 UK Census for British Ships in home Ports (age 16)
1871 UK Census for Portsea, Hampshire, England (age 26)
Note:  Officer at her Majestys Portsea Convict Prison

1881 UK Census for Somers Rd, Portsea, Hampshire, England page 35 (age 36)
1891 UK Census for Portsea, Hampshire, England (age 47)