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Thanks you helping me out, it's much appreciated as I seem to be going round in circles with this person.

Anthony Creasey and Margaret Grantham married in Metheringham in 1801.

I've found the following children born to an Anthony Creasey and Margaret in Heckington:-

Joseph Anthony (born 1822)

Sophia Taylor Creasey (born 1812)

John Charles Creasey (born 1817)

unknown female Creasey (born 1803)

Margaret Ann (born about 1806/8)

I've just found a 1841 census in High Street, Heckington showing a Margaret Creasy age 65 with a woman called Ann age 32 (could it be that Ann is really her daughter Margaret Ann?), there's also a 7 year old child called Susannah at the same address.

I've now found a marriage for Ann Creasey marrying Thomas Clarke the same year (1841)

I've been looking for this Robert Creasey (that Anthony was apprenticed to) and found a death in 1863 for a Robert Anthony Creasey age 52 buried in Great Hale - could be related?

I'm trying to find out who Thomas Webb's father was and what his mother's maiden name was (if any).

I think he was born around 1834-1837 in London/Middlesex (maybe Islington) and married to a lady called Ellen who was born in Islip, Oxfordshire (don't have any further info on her either).

He was a Police Officer and then was pensioned off and I think he died around 1886 in London (Pentonville?).

He was on the 1871 census (Christchurch, Spitalfields) with his wife Ellen and a lady called Margaret aged 76 (from Hackney?)  who was entered as 'mother' but not sure if it was his or his wife's mother.

Any help on how to find his birth details would be appreciated.

Thanks for the info folks, it's great that you're sharing the headache with me.

Well there's no address given on marriage certificate but from parish records Edward's parish is given as Netherton, Dudley which is the same as for Hagar.

Don't know about the Edmund Long in Birmingham (I'll check that one out) but in the 1901 census Edward was a bit more specific as he said he was born in Queens Cross, Dudley. Although I've checked the 1851/1861 census returns (albeit on Find my Past!) and cannot find any Long family living in Queens Cross.

I think you're right and he is illegitimate but I would just like to find at least who his mother was and where he was in the 1861/1871 censuses.

Thanks folks for the input.
I just can’t see that the Edward Long born in Dudley in 1850 would go from being a clerk to an ironmongers to being a miner either, it’s just too big of a jump in professions so don’t think it’s him. With regards to Hagar she looks to have been born around 1858/59 as she was 20 when she got married.

I’ve had a look at the Edward Long in Hanley Castle and I think that Hanley Castle is just too far away from Dudley so don’t think it’s him either.  I know from the 1901 census that Edward was in Craghead, County Durham so using the link that was kindly supplied on the previous reply I have found an Edward Long born in 1854 but is still in Hanley Castle in the 1901 census.

I’ve even searched for Edward’s parents using his sons and daughters names in the hope that he named them after his parents but most of the names can be linked back to the Hagar Davis side of the family. It’s as though he hasn’t any family to call on.

So now my only thoughts are:-
Was Edward his middle name?
Was he given the name Edward after his birth was registered (so has a different first name)?
Was he illegitimate?

So it looks like the headache will continue for a little while longer!!

David