My 3xgreat grandfather Robert Halligan was a coachman. His marriage record in 1849 gives his address as Gosford Castle, County Armagh, so presumably he was driving for the Earl of Gosford, Archibald Acheson, or one of his family. His first child, my 2xgreat grandmother Elizabeth, was born in 1850.
The next record I have of him is in the 1871 census, when he and his family were living in Bristol. Elizabeth wasn't living with them. Family oral history says she worked as a lady's maid when she was young. I can't find her in England, Wales or Scotland in the 1871 census, and the 1871 Irish census is lost. Is there any way of tracing the staff of aristocratic families?
Also, is there any way of tracing who Robert might have been driving for in Bristol in 1871?