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My gg grandmother was Louisa FLOYD. According to LDS she was christened at (Great) Berkhamsted on 20 OCT 1811, Duaghter of Richard FLOYD and Sarah.
I have been trying to find out about her parents for years with no success at all. My gg Grandfather was William HOW christened 27 Sep 1801 at Abbots Langley, and I have traced the HOW family in detail back to the 1500s with some references earlier, but I have never found records of a marriage or of any FLOYDs.
It is particularly frustrating as Abbots Langley is the next village to the North of where I live and was born in Croxley Green.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Phil HOW

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I am trying to identify the father of my ggg grandmother Eliza Goodwin. She is recorded as being christened the 15 JAN 1797 at  Ash By Wrotham, Kent. Father Thomas Goodwin, and mother Elizabeth Lansdell (from Bexhill, Sussex)
I am trying to find out where Thomas came from, and how many children they had.
I know there was one other daughter (Mahala Goodwin), and that they married at All Hallows The Great, London on 18 Oct 1791.
There was a Thomas born in Greetham, Rutland (christened 12 Apr 1761) who was 2 years older than Elizabeth, who is a likely candidate, but I cannot be sure.
This is not just a vague guess, as Eliza later had an illegitimate child with William Gilson from Greetham before settling down and marrying Solomon Selmes at Mountfied, Sussex.
The Gilson  family had connections with the Frewen family of Brickwall, Northiam, Sussex, but I need to try and find out what the connection was; why Thomas would be in Kent married to a girl from Bexhill; what was the relationship between the Gilsons and the Goodwins; and whether Eliza was actually a cousin of William Gilson.
Any info at all would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Phil How

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I amtrying to find any records for a Moses Henry SELMES who married Ellen Taylor on 31/7/1872 at Ockley. Ancestry says he was born in March quarter 1848, in Battle district, but after that he seems to disappear. I suspect he may be a son of Spencer SELMES, who moved to Ockley between 1855 and 1856, but can find no record of him on any census or BMD.
Can SKS help at all? I'll be your best friend !!

Regards
Phil HOW.

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I have been trying to locate Joseph DAWSON (my ggg grandfather) for a couple of years.
He was born c1775, and is recorded at his marriage as having been born in Levington.
He married Mary MAYHEW of Wissett on 08 Jun 1809 at Levington, but I can find no trace of him before then at Levington. The witnesses at their wedding were: John DAWSON and Sarah PARSON.
Working on the theory that the witness is often a brother, I looked for John DAWSON, and found John and Elizabeth DAWSON, both born in Wissett at the right time to be siblings, but no sign of Joseph. Their parents were John DAWSON and Grace, which would fit in with the fact that Joseph's first son was called John.
Joseph was a farmer and landowner. His first son was Joseph Mayhew DAWSON, and the next one was John. He was the resident of Stratton Hall, near Levington (where his family were born and grew up), and his brother William (my gg grandfather) had 2 windmills; one at Rushmere St Andrew, and one at California (Ipswich), and I know that they were a wealthy family.
I suspect that they originated around Wissett, but cannot be sure.
I have looked through the parish records for Levington, and found very few DAWSONs until Joseph's children were born.
I do not know where to look next, and do not have access to the Wissett parish records.
I would be most grateful if SKS could find a birth/christening for him.
His wife Mary MAYHEW was christened in Wissett on 22 Jul 1787, her parents being Robert MAYHEW and Elizabeth STOCKS (married 14 Aug 1782) at Wissett. Likewise, I can find no trace of either of either of them.
There were 3 other MAYHEWs (Nathaniel, William, and Samuel) having children in Wissett at the same time as Robert, but I can find no BDM for any of them either.
They too were all farmers of some standing, so it seems most strange that I can find no record of any of them.

It would be great if anyone could find any trace of either family, as I have been banging my head against this particular brick wall for a long time.

TIA (Thanks in Advance)
Regards
Phil HOW

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My great grandfather was William Henry MAYO (1875 - 1953). He lived in a large house in Malvern. He was amongst other things, an estate agent, and an auctioneer.
During the depression of the 1930s he was sent to prison for bad debts, and I wonder whether anyone knows how I can find details of the court case etc.?

Regards
Phil HOW