James Mann (1808-)
Norfolk researcher Alan Helsdon kindly passed on to us a reference to a James Mann, whose occupation in the 1851 census was given as “musician, dulcimer”. In the 1841 census he was listed as a musician, unspecified, but it’s clear from these two entries that he was a professional musician, whether that was on the streets as a busker, or perhaps in a more stable position with regular employment. He lived in the Coslany area of Norwich, which was an area where many musicians and artisan workers lived.
Nothing more about Mann can be positively identified, except that in both the 1841 and 1851 censuses he was described as married, but was living as a “lodger” with Ann Reeve, so had presumably separated from his wife.
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