My ancestor Mary Mellon or Mary Ann Mellon married John Gooda at St Olave Bermondsey on 18 June 1826.
One of the witnesses was a Henry Mellen and so must be a relative.
A John Mellon married Elizabeth Thomas on 7 April 1822 at Newington and one of the signatures here is a Henry Mellon.
While the signature looks a little different, it seems from the 'H' of Henry that this is the same name.
This John Mellon remarried on 8 February 1846 at St Giles Cripplegate and the father is here listed as Henry Mellon, a Wharfinger.
It therefore seems that my Mary Ann Mellon/Gooda and John Mellon were probably siblings.
From the 1841 and 1851 census, Mary Ann Mellon is known to have been born in either Surrey or London, Middlesex. She was widowed in 1847 when John Gooda died and herself died after the 1851 census, but I have never found her death.
From John's April 1859 entry to St Pancras workhouse and his death in St Olave Southwark at the end of the year, his year of birth is known to have been abt 1798 to 1799.
He had two known children, a daughter Sarah Janet (or Jane?) in Southwark in 1824 and a son Henry Detherick/Demerick Mellon born in 1831 and baptised in Holborn in 1832.
At the baptisms of John's children and on his second marriage, John was shown to be a white smith.
I have been unable to find him or his children in the census and so have not been able to see where he was born.
There is a marriage on 24 June 1798 at St Olave Bermondsey, Surrey of a Henry Mellon to a widow Frances Harley.
The witnesses were Danl McNamara & Marie [?R]ickford. They were also witnesses to the next marriage in the register below this one to Thomas Rowe & Elizabeth Davies.
Henry Mellon's signature on this marriage makes it appear this is the same person as on the marriages of John and Mary Ann. See the image attached.
I rather assume that Henry and Frances Mellon who married in 1798 were therefore the parents of both John and Mary Ann. However I would very much like to see if a fresh pair of rootschat eyes might be able to help me further.
I have found the burials of Henry Mellon in Bermondsey in January in 1837 aged 77 (so born c1759-1760) and his wife Frances Mellon in the same place in March 1829 aged 66 (so born c1762-1763).
I however would really like to see if I can crack these Mellons any further and would very much appreciate any ideas or help to try and strengthen these links and this line up..
Thanks,
Jon