John Woodley m Caroline Eliza Anthony q1 1858 Greenwich, 1d 621

[squawki11]

Before I throw money to the GRO, I'd like to be less unsure, so, can anyone find a birth/baptismal/banns record for this John Woodley, please? I think it's possible he may be a son of Captain William Woodley (RN) and Mary Mobbs. There are birth/baptism records for other children of Wm & Mary, but I can't find anything for John. There are 1841, 1851 & 1861 census records for this family; in the 1861 John Woodby/Woodley aged 26/36 appears to be married but not with Caroline & her 2 children who at time of 1861 census are domiciled with her father, Henry E Anthony. There is a death record for a John Woodley, 26, q4 1863, Lewisham, 1d 505 and Caroline (Widow) marries a Henry French, 11/9/1864 Plumstead. There is another John Woodley death record in q3 1865, Greenwich 1d 430....but that would render Caroline a bigamist, wouldn't it?

[avm228]

The John Woodley who died in Greenwich in 1865 was aged 29.

The marriage does not seem to have been a C of E one so it looks unlikely you will find it online.  Even if you were to find a birth record for a John Woodley, I'm not sure how you would know he was the one who went on to marry Caroline without the paternal details from the marriage certificate?

[avm228]

Burials at Plumstead:

06 Nov 1863: Caroline Woodley, 4 months [birth reg Sep qtr 1863 Lewisham, mmn Anthony]
17 Nov 1863: John Woodley, 26 yrs

[Jolee]

According to another tree they married 03/03/1858 in Woolwich they were Presbyterian

[Annette7]

If John Woodley is the one died 1863 aged 26 i.e. bc.1837 I don't see how he could be the son of William and Mary whose son was bc.1834/1835.

I really don't think you can second guess this - you need the marriage certificate to confirm his fathers details/occupation, plus John's own occupation.

Annette

[squawki11]

Thanks to all for swift responses today. It's looking promising as far as 1863 death/burial Plumstead records indicate. It may prove sufficiently intriguing to burn some cash after all, but I'll wait a bit to give anybody else an opportunity to plug this gap. Scottish records of that period are so much more expansive...