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My gggg gf (Edward Plant) died in 1795 in Halesworth.  His widow (Sarah) then moves to Wisbech with her several surviving children.  I cannot find a birth for either Edward or Sarah.

I cannot find a settlement/removal for Sarah.  However, in 1769, there is a settlement cert for an Edward Plant, wife Eliz, 2 children and one on the way at Crowland which states that Edward's legal place of settlement is Wisbech.  Elizabeth died shortly after this.

So is it likely that Sarah has moved to Wisbech because that is her late husband's legal settlement place?  I know at least one of her children was apprenticed by the Overseers as a tailor.  Edward and Sarah had moved around quite a bit (poss IoW, Great Yarmouth and Halesworth), but he was a cooper so that could explain it.  If this settlement certificate is my Edward, I also think he may have left his second wife and married Sarah bigamously.

Furthermore, they lived in Halesworth for around 11 years (well 6 childen were baptised there) so wouldnt they have acquired that as their place of legal settlement?

Thank you for any suggestions.

I know how helpful people are on this board, and I realise that this will probably not be allowed - Admin, if so please delete, but please dont ban me!!!!!

It is my grandparents' 68th wedding anniversary next week.  (Yes, I keep telling Nanna that she should have whacked him on the head 67 years ago and she'd have been out by now  ).  I just (ie within the last hour) came up with an idea of putting their wedding pic on a card for all the guests at the party to sign.  The party where I am doing the speech, which I havent written yet (work is being a bit of a ****** atm) but the speech will be in the guise of a poem which I shall print on the inside of the card.

I have two pictures of their wedding - both of which have an odd line at a diagonal through them.  Is there anyone on here would would be prepared to try and clean them up for me please?  I do not feel I can publish the pictures since they and their bridesmaids are still very much  alive.

I cant afford to pay anyone (the engine on the car just went fizz bang).  YOu would earn my unerring thanks and make a couple in their 90s quite happy.  Cheeky I know.  But I had to ask.  This is probably our last anniversary since my grandad has become quite weak in the last couple of months.   

If anyone feels able to help, please say.  Thank you very much for anyone who even considers helping.

I am trying to find out a bit more about Thomas Goodall.

He was born approx 1792 in Wexford - father Charles.  I cannot find a marriage for him but certainly in 1816 he and his wife, Mary (formerly Bishop, m/s Darrippe) have a daughter in Carlow.  By the early 1820s he has moved to Wisbech with his wife, daughter and her four children from her previous marriage.  I have got a pretty good idea of his life after he moved here the bit I am struggling with is his birth and his marriage.

I would happily pay a subscription to join a paid site for Irish ancestry (I already have FindMyPast and Anc**try) but I dont know which one would be best. 

Any suggestions, please? 

This woman is one of my brick walls.

She was born Catherine Bishop in 1811 (or thereabouts) to Joseph Bishop and his wife, Mary in Ireland (possibly Carlow).  In 1828 she marries Marshall George Robbins in Wisbech (he was for sometime in partnership with her stepfather, Thomas Goodall, and brother, Joseph Bishop).

5 children are born to Marshall and Catherine.  Marshal G (1830); Amelia (1830ish); Joseph (1832); Catherine (1834) and Mary Ann (1836).  Catherine is not present in the family home on the 1841 Census and I cant find her on it at all but I think she must still be alive because I think she died in 1855 in Wisbech.  By 1851 it looks like the eldest son has joined the Merchant navy and three of the children (Joseph, Catherine and Mary Ann) are in the Workhouse.  I imagine there was some disharmony in the family because the partnership between Marshall and his stepfather in law was dissolved in 1836.

In 1851, when her aunt dies, she leaves Catherine the sum of 2 shillings a month until the sum of £12 has been paid.  The Aunt also leaves each of the children the sum of £19.  She is very descriptive stating that she leaves to "the children of Mrs Robbins whom she had by her husband Marshall George Robbins......" and then names them.  That is quite prescriptive and makes me wonder if there were other children by another man.

I am at a loss to know how these poor children ended up in the workhouse - particularly when their Uncle and Step Grandad were relatively successful in business and their maiden great aunts were very wealthy indeed.  I do hope that they received their £19 and it helped them to improve their sorry situation.  Where was their mother in 1841 and 1851?  Any suggestions, please?

Realistically, I guess I shall never know but it is one of those niggling things that has piqued my interest!