Not the George You're Looking For

Isn’t it funny what you can come across by accident?

You may have noticed that I don’t just research my direct line of ancestry. I like to get into the nitty gritty of their siblings as well. Partly because I’m nosy, but also to help locate other ancestors you may not come across otherwise, which can help you break down brick walls. Sometimes, an incorrectly transcribed name will finally appear on a page with correctly transcribed relatives (I have found elderly parents living with their adult child’s family) and sometimes, the relation to household column can uncover a sister’s marriage (I have uncovered married names via nieces and nephews).

This is why when I received an email from a distant relative connected to William GLAISTER’s brother, George, I dived into collecting every detail I could about George and his wife, Isabella SHORT. Although, I have so far refrained from collecting HER siblings marriages (more on that later), I have located census records for her parents.

I decided to revise my info on George GLAISTER (b. 1826) – son of Robert GLAISTER (b.1786) and saw that I was yet to find an 1841 census record for him. I had all others up to his death but despite searching with a number of surname variants had always come up empty handed. I tried again today and found a 10 year old George GLAISTER in Wooler where a lot of my GLAISTERS had resided. His age was too young, but since that can often be mistranscribed too, I took a look – definitely not the George I’m looking for…