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All very odd, as you say. Thank you very much for doing the look-ups and forwarding the results to this forum. A mystery, to be sure.

Alison

Thank you, Sylvia Ann.  I can use this 1839 data, to compare with 1825/6 data when I find it, and see whether there were differences.  I'm aware of two of these Wm Huggins, the artist and the brewer.  There's a remote possibility that the linen draper is the one I seek, though not likely.

Thanks again for your help!
Alison

Hello:
Our gr-gr-grandmother was born, lived, and died at various places.  Margaret Huggins (née Burke) was born in County Kerry, Ireland.  At fifteen, she married John Huggins, a native of county Tyrone, in England, possibly at Chatham.  The family lived, of course, wherever John was stationed, and this included the island of St Helena, Fort Henry in Canada (at Kingston), then back to England, first at Hertfordshire, and later at Winchester.  Then, Margaret & John, with the seven youngest (of ten) children, emigrated to Canada in 1874.  John died just two years later, in northern Ontario.
At some point, Margaret --with daughter Kate (Catherine)-- wound up back at Winchester.  First, Catherine died there in 1897, followed by Margaret in 1898.
I am trying to pinpoint where Margaret [1823-1898] and Catherine (a.k.a. Kate) [1861-1897] were in 1891, when they would have been 68- and 30-years-old, respectively.  Margaret was born in county Kerry, Ireland, and Catherine (Kate) was born at Waltham Abbey, Edmonton.
It is possible that another daughter was either with them, or living nearby.  Elizabeth Goddard, née Huggins, was born in 1849 at St Helena, sometimes given as Africa in the census records.  She was a widow by 1891, about 42-years-old at the time.
Could someone look for these three, long-sought-for people, please?  I don't know what part of England ... might have been Winchester or, perhaps, Somerset, Devon, or Islington (or ??).  While I know what eventually happened to Margaret & Kate, I have no idea what happened to Elizabeth.
Many, many thanks in advance,
Alison Causton
Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Hello:
Our gr-gr-grandmother was Charlotte Hurford (1840-1901).  In 1862, she was married at Weston-super-Mare (to Thomas Wawman).  The marriage took place in the Wesleyan Methodist chapel on Regent Street.
Charlotte's father was Nicholas Hurford, a carpenter, but he was deceased by the time of the marriage.   A FreeBMD search shows that a Nicholas Hurford died in Wellington Registration District in 1857.
Could someone look up the 1851 -and if possible, the 1841- census for Nicholas Hurford, please?  The family may have been situated at Axbridge or Tiverton, instead of Weston-super-Mare...
Regards,
Alison Causton
Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Hi, ricky1...
Yes, this is him ... with our gr-gr-grandmother!  Thanks very much for looking.
Cheers,
Alison