hi i am sending this info to sure the your family
1841 census fredrick st portsea portmouth hamphire
joshua flynn age 45 navy b-1796 tanhant cornwall
elizabeth flynn 35 b-1806 kent
joshua 9 b-1832 hampshire
elizabeth 5 b-1836 same
mary 3 b-1838 s/a

let me know if you think these people are your family, more children in the 1851. best regard ellemaureen

Many thanks for your info on Joshua Flynn in the 1841 census. It is my family but I am now looking for records of Joshua's birth. The place of birth recorded in the census is nonexistent and I have no idea of his parentage at this stage. I appreciate your interest.
Kind regards
Sonia

Try this site it has a list of Parishes and contacts for information they may be able to help you.

The parish could be Talland, the Census collector may have written what he thought he heard.

www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/parishes.php

happy hunting

Thank you. I will give it a try.

I tried running your information through http://www.findmypast.co.uk without any luck. Unfortunately, one of the problems that I have found on is that sometimes a middle name was used on the census instead of the first name. Or even a different last name then the birth name.

I believe that I was able to locate one of the children though. If you are able to get the birth records, that might give you at least the maiden name of the mother. From there you might be able to locate a marriage certificate. The marriage certificate can give you the parents of Josiah.

Believe me, I know all about having to go about the search in really convoluted ways in order to get what I need.

Here is the BMD info on the child I was able to locate.

Name: FLYNN, Mary Ann
Registration District: Portsea Island
County: Hampshire
Year of Registration: 1838
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume No: 7
Page No: 128

Good luck!

Thank you for you very helpful information. That is his daughter's birth registration so I will follow up on the marriage certificate.
Regards
Sonia M.