England Research

Bethann

I have a distant relative, Isaac Piser (several different spellings), born in 1783 in England who married to a Nancy and had at least three children born in 1810, 1818, and 1820 before they moved to the USA. They are in the US Census for 1860 and forward, but I don't know how to find them before that in England. Where do I search?

Kerijy

Hello @Bethann

I would look for other records in the USA for Isaac and Nancy and also their children to see if any further clues can be gained. Naturalization Records may give the birth town and county in England. Check for each child and Nancy individually. If you can locate a Death certificate that may give a more exact birth date and place in England.

Try different spellings and try using other databases such as Ancestry as they have different search engines.

You could also try looking in England for the childrens baptism and marriage. Findmypast has been good for me in the past to locate surnames with different spellings in England. You can confirm that you have the correct child if the birth year and parents match. Then check that that child disappeared from England.

I wish you success.

Paul W

@Bethann

The link below will show details of Isaac Piser (variant surnames) in the 1841 & 1851 census records for England. However, there are none that meet your criteria (age & wife's name). There is always the chance records were lost or the surname was transcribed incorrectly, of course.

Incidentally, I could not find an Isaac Piser (born c1783) in the 1860 US census, either - nor a marriage or baptism on the FreeREG website, so (as suggested) I would try Ancestry, Find My Past, etc., searching on as many variants of PISER as possible.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.givenName=issac&q.surname=piser&q.residencePlace=england&q.residencePlace.exact=on&q.residenceDate.from=1841&q.residenceDate.to=1851&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on

Kerijy

Hello again @Bethann

I think you should have a look at Longton, Staffordshire, England. I see there is a William, Isaac and Ann Poyser all christened there in 1818-1822 with parents Isaac and Ann. I think Ann used the name Nancy in the USA.

Also have a look at the marriage of Isaac Poyser in 1816 to Ann Staley in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.

I noted in one of the US Census that there was an Hannah Staley living with the family - could be the sister of Nancy.

Also have a look at Joseph Poysar christened 27 July 1817 parents Isaac and Nancy in Ipstones, and Joseph Poiser buried 23 June 1828 in Longton. I think the age at burial should be 11.

The family were in Whitley, Indiana in the 1840 US Census so you won't find them in the UK Census.

I'd be interested to see what you think.