The 1851 census for: Civil parish: Langdale County/Island: Westmorland
Country: England lists MARGARET TROSPER, age 66, (poss. a widow or a spinster) living alone, born abt 1785 Lamoby, Cumberland, England.

The 1861 census for: Civil parish: Clifton
Ecclesiastical parish: Clifton
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England lists Charles TROSPER,abt 35 living in a boarding house. Born in South Milton, Devon, England.

The 1861 census for:
Civil parish: Halifax
Town: Halifax
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England Lists a family of 5:
DENNIE TROSPER, abt 29, born about 1832, Head of family born in Keighlely, Yorkshire, England

MARY ANN, spouse, abt 28, born in Belham, Yorkshire, England.

DOROTHY TROSPER, daughter, abt 6, born about 1855, in Keighley, Yorkshire, England.

MARY JANE TROSPER, daughter, age 1 week, born in Keighley, Yorkshire, England.

SARAH ANN TROSPER, daughter, age 8, born about 1853,in Keighley, Yorkshire England.

the 1901 census for
Civil parish: Oldbury
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England lists a family of 6.
JAMES TROSPER, age 62, born ca 1839 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

SARAH ANN, spouse, 39, born abt 1862, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England.

HARRY STEVEN TROSPER, son, 10, born about 1891, Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

BERNARD TROSPER, son, 10, born about 1891, Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

ALICE SARAH TROSPER, daughter, 2, born about 1899, Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

CHARLOTTE TROSPER, daughter, 2 mos, born abt 1901, Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

Also living with the DENNIE TROSPER family are 4 children;
ALBERT LITTLE, age 15, born abt 1886 Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

BENJAMIN LITTLE, age 16, born about 1885 Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

CLARA LITTLE, age 18, born about 1883 Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

NELLIE LITTLE, age 22, born about 1879 Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

I mention these LITTLE children only because they all list their father as James and their mother as Sarah Ann. Are they possibly the children of SARAH ANN TROSPER, daughter of DENNIE TROSPER listed in the 1861 census? Did she marry a JAMES LITTLE?

Or are they step children of JAMES (b abt 1839)from a previous marriage?

Don't you just love a mystery?!

(Woody & Debbie, I'm back living in WA, Correll)


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