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DUHHHHH - I am so STUPID tonight. Why don't I send for their son's birth cert - I have the details and it will confirm his mother's maiden name........

Still need help finding Henry before 1851 though please!!

Lynne

Hi everyone - I'm in need of a little help again please!

I'm looking for the wife of Henry Walford, born c1818, died DecQ 1872 Wolverhampton.

I have them in the 1851 census - ref HO107/2018/53/24 - living in Pountney's Fold Wolverhampton. Henry's wife is named as Elizabeth.

I can find them on all the censuses up to and including 1871 for Henry (died 1872) and for Elizabeth up to 1891 - she died in 1893 a pauper and a lunatic (lol) in Wolverhampton Union Workhouse.

What I CAN"T find for the life of me is any trace of them before 1851. On the census, Henry is shown as born in Penn Staffordshire, and Elizabeth born in Wolverhampton c 1821.

I've searched the marriage indexes, and can only come up with one possible bride; Elizabeth FRANCIS. Marriage took place Wolverhampton DecQ 1850 (ref: Wolverhampton 17 430) - so theoretically I SHOULD be able to find either or both in that area in 1841. Brick wall time!

Also - I can't find any trace of birth of either in any parish records or on the IGI.

Can anyone out there shed any light please?

Many thanks

Lynne

PS - I'm ordering the marriage cert as soon as I've finished typing this....