Looking for Catherine Larkin of Rochester.

[hookleg]

Any info about Catherine, her parents and children.
She was born in Rochester abt 1810. She married Benjamin Worthy Horne 04 Nov 1830 • Saint Nicholas, Rochester.
Benjamin was a very successful coach operator in London. He had an estate at Highlands near Mereworth, Kent, and a London residence at 33 Russell Square.
Ther were at least 9 children. I have found the following births:- Benjamin Worthy Horne Jnr 1831, Horace 1838, Catherine Clara 1841, Henry Percy 1841, Septimus 1843, Octavius 1845, Edward Larkin 1850.  As Septimus means 7th and Octavius 8th I would expect 2 births before that. The gap seems to be between the first 2 children. Any help most gratefully received.

[bearkat]

Familysearch has a baptism for Catharine LARKIN daughter of Charles & Elizabeth on 26 June 1809   at St Nicholas, Rochester.

[hookleg]

Thanks Bearkat, That sounds like it may be her.

[bearkat]

Familysearch also has baptisms  for Charles Larkin HORNE 21 June 1833 at St Nicholas, Rochester and William 4 April 1837 (born 25 October 1836) at St James, Westminster.

They look to be your 2 missing children.

[hookleg]

Brilliant!! Thanks so much bearcat.

[bearkat]

Images for Medway parish records should be online

http://medway.adlibhosting.com/results

But I can't get it work 

[bearkat]

The link seems to be behaving itself today

http://medway.adlibhosting.com/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=files&value=P306-01-08.pdf

scroll down to page 40
Catharine was almost a year old when she was baptised.

[hookleg]

I can't thank you enough for all your hard work on my behalf. Yes it was quite unusual, at that time, to wait till a child was almost a year old before baptism. There must have been a good reason for it though. Apologies for being slow to reply but have been taking grand children out to Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

[bearkat]

The marriage entry is here - page 18

http://medway.adlibhosting.com/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=files&value=P306-01-19(4).pdf

They married by licence (if it has survived it may have some further details).  The witnesses may add to the bigger picture.