George was married to Ann Santos/Hipkins but separated almost immediately.
I suspect he didn't marry Ann Mitchell (my ancestor) as he didn't have a divorce.
Gives me the problem of not being able to link Ann Mitchell to her father which a marriage cert would have given me.
Mmm... that is tricky without a marriage cert.
What about the naming of their children may have been named after their respective parents or siblings?
for example it looks as if
Ann Elizabeth (1860) named after her mother Ann,
Phillip (1864) after his grandfather Phillip (George Snr's father)
George (1869) after his father George,
There's this pedigree tree on familysearch
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3QZB-NXS you would need to verify as to how accurate all the details are -says
George Schilling (b1828 d1889) spouses were
Anne Santos nee Hipkins b1806 marriage 7 Jan 1849 died ?
Catherine Kees b1833 marriage 1849 died 24th Nov 1850
Ann Mitchell b1841 Bradford marriage ? died Oct 1893 Lancashire
names these childrenAnne Elizabeth born 9 Feb 1860
Mary Ann 1861
Philip 25 Apr 1964 d 27 Feb 1902
George 1869
Margaret 1871
Catherine 1873
Joseph 15 Mar 1875 died 1907
John 9 Jul 1977 d 1878
Peter 9 July 1877 died 7 Jul 1878
Francis 1879
Luisa 1882 d 1884
James Louis 1882
A long shot/coincidence
Is it possible that Ann Elizabeth Mitchell/Schilling (1860) mother Ann had the same middle name as her daughter
baptism Christ Church Bradford
9 Apr 1841 Ann Elizabeth Mitchell parents
William & Nancy https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NVK7-JL91841 birth registration entry
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2N9P-TCT1841 census living Bradford
William Mitchell 20, Nancy 20, Sarah 1 &
Annthe only Bradford baptism I could find for a Sarah Mitchell on family search was on
18 Dec 1839 for a
Sarah Jane Mitchell parents
William & Ann (Nancy was originally a diminutive form of Anne or Ann)
There's also this 1841 birth registration entry which could be her
Ann Mitchell
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2N9B-M8Wno christening details on family search
1881 census living 44 Gun Street
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ8C-C1Bgives Ann Shilling's age as 40 (1841) pob as Bradford