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I am looking for the parents of Annie Buckland born ca 1882. Annie married Leonard Black. On their marriage certificate (27 nov 1917, Basingstoke) Annie's father is named as Gilroy Buckland, hawker. The only thing I can find is a Gildroy Buckland, travelling hawker who was living in Highworth, Wiltshire in 1881 with his "kept mistress" Janet Smith and her 3 year old son Henry. A Gildroy Buckland died age 23 in Cricklade Wiltshire in 1882 so perhaps Janet got pregnant with Annie and then Gildroy unexpectedly died whilst she was pregnant. Normally the marriage certificate would say father deceased and in this case it didn't but perhaps there was an error. Interestingly there is a Henry Buckland (could it be Henry Smith?) on the 1911 census married to Rosina with a son Gildroy. With a name like that surely it can't be coincidence? I can however find no trace of Annie on census documents with or without her parents. Can anyone help?