Robert# Blanchard

  Notes:

Got his parents from familysearch.org - found christening.
Got wife's maiden name by searching on familysearch.org - and it also matches the names of the cousins staying at time of '51 census.
David Bee has exactly the same date for christening, but he has it in Lissington? Familysearch gives as shown here.

1841 Census (age ~20) living in Linwood Parish, Lincs with wife and a 5yr old Amos Blanchard. Occupation; Ag. Labourer. NB; This could be BlanShard, but I'm fairly confident it's the correct one, especially as from '51 we can see that Amos is nephew, although that could be a different person due to differences in ages and surnames!

1851 Census (age 30) living in Legsby, Lincs with wife and children. Somewhere close to 'The Moor House' (2 entries away on census form). Occupation; Farm Labourer. Also living in house are 2 x nephew's Amos (13, labourer) and Thomas (age 4 perhaps) but difficult to read their surnames - but now know it is Crawshaw.

1861 Census; incorrectly indexed on ancestry as Blarsham, but definately Blanchard. Living (aged 40) with wife and younger children in Lissington, Lincs as head of household. Occupation; Shepherd.

1871 Census; incorrectly indexed on ancestry as Blanshan, but definately Blanchard. Living (aged 50) with wife and youngest son in Lissington, Lincs as head of household. Occupation; Farm Shepherd.

1881 Census; incorrectly indexed on ancestry as Blanshard, but definately Blanchard. Living (aged 60) with wife and youngest son in Lissington, Lincs as head of household. Occupation; Agricultural Labourer.

1891 Census, living (aged 70) in Lissington, Lincs as head of household. Occupation agricultural labourer. His wife is living with him as is his widowed daughter Sarah, her 4 children and a boarder who is a 37 yo farm labourer called William Taylor (?)

A Robert Blanchard died Q2 1894 in Caistor district Lincs, est YoB = 1821 = match.

1901 Census; can't find.

Robert# married Sarah# Crawshaw, daughter of Joseph# Crawshaw and Lucy# Porter, on 22 Feb 1841 in Glentworth, Lincoln. (Sarah# Crawshaw was born in 1815 in Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire, christened on 5 Feb 1815 in Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire and died Q4 1891 in Caistor District, Lincs.)