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I cannot trace his birth/christening or 1841 census. I believe I have his family although there is another similarly named family, and I have three marriages for him.
On the first marriage certificate, 26 Sep 1858 to Mary Ann Gilbert, no father is named.
He was a widow in 1861 and I then think he married Rebecca Jones in 1864 in Walsall. (no certificate yet) and after her death in 1871 he went on to marry Harriet Greaves in 1872, in Birmingham and names his father as Joseph, traveller.
His sisters were Martha Elizabeth(1837), Mary Ann (1841) and Emma Jane (1843) and his mother Mary Ann. Alfred was with his widowed mother & three sisters in 1851 and with them again in 1861 except for Martha (married).
Emma Jane certainly names her father as Joseph, commercial traveller at her marriage but neither Alfred or Emma state he was deceased.

There is 1841 census which almost fits but the mother is named as Sarah.

Maybe his father was not Joseph and so he didn't name him at his 1st marriage - I do have a marriage of Mary Ann Parsonage to Joseph Walker in 1836 in Birmingham.
Please can anyone help as I have spent hours on this!

I have the baptism record of a Michael Keating in 1818 in Bucklebury to George & Mary....fine, he's the one I am most interested in. He changes the spelling of his name so many times varying from Caten to Keighton and all combinations in-between.
On 1861 census Jane Keaten is named as his daughter aged 14. I have finally traced her baptism in Market Dereham, Norfolk to a James Cayton and Mary late Hatch. Michael did marry Mary Hatch in 1850 in Wolverhampton.
I found Jane in Wolverhampton in 1851 with correct date and place of birth but again her father is named as James.
He does seem to have moved around and I am wondering if he kept moving on to avoid debts etc and not only changed his surname somewhat (even taking into account lack of spelling rules) but also his christian name.
I cannot find a James Cayton with the stated birth date of 1819 in Berkshire anywhere else.

So please can someone look up the Bucklebury baptisms of children born to George & Mary around 1818 for me and help me to feel more certain that Michael is in fact James!

Sorry for long story but this research has proved quite difficult but enjoyably challenging.

John Brown married Harriet Hodgskin, b. 1828 Goudhurst Kent (can't trace).
They certainly had a son named Thomas Hodgskin Brown b. 1852 Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire  but an earlier son named John is listed on the 1861 census of Greenwich. He was said to be born in Ireland.
I have a further four children but lose track of them too.

I have not been able to trace a marriage - did it take place in Ireland?

In fact I am really struggling with John Brown and Harriet Hodgskin! I have Harriet on 1861 and 1871 census records but only John on 1861 census as a contractor.

PLEASE can anyone help at all.

Judith had an illegitimate daughter Frances Allen in 1796, some six years before she married Thomas Biggin in Pylle.  Frances was christened in Charlton-Mackrell, which may be a clue to her family whereabouts.
Frances seems to have been bypassed in all the researches around Thomas & Judith Biggin.
As my research is focussed on Frances Allen (the name under which she married) I am hoping someone can help me with the Allen family.
I have a Martha Allen also christened in Charlton-Mackrell to James & Ann (widow named Ivy) in 1793. They married there in 1792. So maybe her brother or even her father, as both were widowed at marriage.
Also Sarah Allen married Thomas Hodden there in 1790.

i will very grateful for any help as I have drawn a blank on every search.