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Wow thanks Jim. All this information is great!

I am very pleased to say that I am almost certain that this is their marriage certificate as the locations fit very nicely with the original info I had. Many thanks to everyone, but especially Christine. As a bonus, I am now another link up my tree due to having found his father the first time I was trying to find him! Am totally hooked ... x

1861 England Census
about Sarah Lee
Name: Sarah Lee
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Edward
Mother's Name: Ann
Gender: Female
Where born: Leighton, Bedfordshire, England

Civil parish: Leighton Buzzard
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England

Street Address:Luke/Loke/Lake St or Rd

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Leighton Buzzard
Sub-registration district: Leighton Buzzard
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 95
Household Members: Name Age
Edward Lee 29 Wheelwright
Ann Lee 30
Alfred Lee 7
Sarah Lee 3
Annie Lee 1
Sarah Lee 21

death
Edward Gee abt 1833 1873 Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire
1871
Edward Gee abt 1833 Leighton, Bedfordshire, England Head Wingrave, Buckinghamshire
1851
Edward Gee Edward,Jane abt 1834 Leighton Buzzd, Bedfordshire, England Son Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Have you found Sarah born 1857 on the census to check how old her father is?

Ancestry is down at the moment so I can't look for the family.

Christine

Christine - just saw your next message with the marriage cert - this sounds like them! I'll go and check but thanks again...

Wow can't believe how helpful you all are!
Good idea Christine - the other possibility is that I'd been working on a rough DOB for Edward Gee of around 1800, but his daughter Sarah Jane Gee has a definite DOB of 1857 - so 1800 is way too early. Working on a DOB of roughly 1830 for him, he matches with the son Edward from the 1841 census, giving a DOB of 1834 (which would make him 23 at the time of Sarah's birth). This seems to make more sense, but I still can't find his wife Ann - time to trawl the marriage records!

Do you have this marriage cert?

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Sep 1855 (>99%)
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Gee Edward Winslow 3a 517
Smith Ann Winslow 3a 517

Christine

Maybe Jane died and he remarried

Deaths Mar 1855 (>99%)
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Gee Jane Leighton B 3b 316

Christine

Thanks Lindsey for all your help, but I'm starting to suspect this is not them. From our family records, Edward Gee was married to Ann Smith of the same area and they lived in Lake Street. He was a wheelwright and they had a daughter called Sarah Jane Gee (DOB 02.07.1857 in Leighton Buzzard). I'll go and dig around a bit more... also thanks for the tip about Ancestry - I haven't paid there yet so am hoping to get it done here and save some cash!

Many thanks.

this might be your couple



EDWARD GEE
Pedigree
Male
Family

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Marriages:
Spouse: JANE LEWES
Family
Marriage:
08 NOV 1821 Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, England

Ancestry records can be viewed page by page :-)

Thanks everyone - you've all been really helpful and have answered my questions brilliantly. And very quickly too!

Really grateful x

Thank you Lindsey - that's a great help and so close it's very tempting to hope this really is him. He and his wife (I thought she was 'Ann') had a daughter called Sarah who is the next link downwards in my tree, and of course it's perfectly possible that they had other children as well. Just wish it was possible to put my hand in the screen and turn the page myself!

if you look for Jane gee then that page is visible

Ed Gee abt 1791 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
View Record
Jane Gee abt 1796 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Carolin Gee abt 1826 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
View Record
Mary Gee abt 1832 Bedfordshire, England Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
View Record
Eo Gee abt 1834 Bedfordshire, England Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
View Record
Hunder Gee abt 1837 Bedfordshire, England Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
View Record
Sarah Gee abt 1837 Bedfordshire, England Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Thank you so much Kath! That's interesting - in the family records that we have, they lived in Lake Street - the census record I looked at where he was the last entry gave the address as 'Leck Street' which is probably a mis-spelling. I did notice that the actual written census shows his name as the abbreviation for Edward - ie 'E' with a squiggle, and the Gee part is hard to make out - it could easily have been interpreted another way. Do you know of any way I can view the next page anyway - would love to see for myself?

ED GEE Wheelwright page 11

Jane 45
Henry 15
cant read 10
Edward 7
Sarah 4



you have the 51 page numbers wrong 41 is 11 -12

Sorry, Can't find an Edward Gee on the 1841 census on Ancestry that matches the details you give.

His wife is Jane on the 1851 census, and he is living in Lake Street.

Kath. x

Would be very grateful for any help on this. When researching my ancestor I have got the correct page, but unfortunately he is the last entry on that page and I cannot see any other members of the household!! It's very frustrating and I'd be very grateful if someone could look up the next page and let me know any other info or preferably send me the computer file of that page. My relation is Edward Gee, DOB 1791 Occ.: wheelwright. Living in Leck (?) Street, Leighton Buzzard in 1841 census aged 50. Record office numbers 107/5 pages 21 and 22 (he is final entry on p22). I need to see the first entries on p23 of that record, which should list any other members of the household. His wife's name (if she is still alive in that census) is Ann. I have all my fingers and toes crossed! Many thanks.