Ralph Close, 1853

Name
Ralph /Close/
Birth
Death of a mother
Census 1861
Note: Living with father and family at Blackrod, Lancashire.
Death of a father
Census 1871
Note: Living with Thomas and Jane Smith at Blackrod, Lancashire. Grocers Assistant.

Living with Thomas and Jane Smith at Blackrod, Lancashire. Grocers Assistant.

Thomas Smith is a grocer so it looks as though he's working in the shop.

Claims to be a nephew but not sure where they fit into the jigsaw.

Disappeared
after 1872
Note: Not sure what happened to him after that.
Death of a brother
Family with parents
father
1841 Census
18281864
Birth: about 1828Blackrod, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Death: 1864Wigan, Lancashire, England
mother
1851 Census
18251855
Birth: about 1825Blackrod, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Death: 1855Wigan, Lancashire, England
Marriage Marriage1850Wigan, Lancashire, England
1 year
elder brother
1851 Census
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Birth: 1850Blackrod, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Death: 1889Wigan, Lancashire, England
4 years
himself
1861 Census
1853
Birth: 1853Blackrod, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Census 1861

Living with father and family at Blackrod, Lancashire.

Census 1871

Living with Thomas and Jane Smith at Blackrod, Lancashire. Grocers Assistant.

Thomas Smith is a grocer so it looks as though he's working in the shop.

Claims to be a nephew but not sure where they fit into the jigsaw.

Disappeared

Not sure what happened to him after that.

Census 1861
Census 1871
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1871 Census
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1861 Census
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1871 Census
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