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Emily was possibly known as Emma before the married. She was the first wife of my grandfather George Bettesworth b1854 and they married in October 1876 on Hayling Island, Hampshire. Emily gave birth to 15 children (3 boys and 12 girls) although two of them died as infants. Emily and her youngest child Jesse, both died at the beginning of March 1898. I have copies of her marriage certificate and her death certificate but neither show her birth date. Working back from the ages quoted on these certificates we believe she was born in 1858 or 1859 but not sure where, possibly Portsea or Portsmouth. She spent some of her life pre-marriage on Hayling Island and she and George lived on Hayling the whole of their married life. Really stumped by where she was born and when. Although my father was number eight of the nine children of the second marriage, I have managed to contact some of the descendants of the first family and they would also be interested in more info on Emily.

To date all my research has been in England and Scotland, I'm not sure how to go about looking in Ireland. I have a relative by marriage who was born in Cobh (Cove) Queenstown - Cork in 1900. Her name was Jenny Webster and she married a Sidney Bettesworth in Ireland possibly in the early 1920's. Sidney was from Hampshire and was serving in either the navy or army at the time. I'd be really grateful if someone could point me in the right direction for research. Thanks
Sue

I wonder if someone would be kind enough to look up the 1841 census for a Thomas Todd aged 45yrs. He lived in Fen Ditton, Cambridge and the film ref is HO107/67/2 folio ref 6B. I'd really like to know the details of who was at the same address as Thomas.
I find him confusing as in 1851 he's down as a widower - not sure what he was in 1841, but in 1832 he married a Susan Mansfield (the marriage ref says he is a widower then). Susan and her daughter Alice are in the 1841 and 1851 census but no sign of Thomas living with them. Alice then married and moved to London but Susan carried on living in Cambridge for about another 15 yrs before moving to London. Did they have divorce in those days?
Thanks for the help.
Regards
Sue

My husband's grandfather was Charles George Gordon Dibble born Dorking in 1889 (he was commonly known as George). He died in WW1 in 1914 and his wife lost touch with his family when she remarried.
So far I've found George, his family including parents Henry William Dibble and Harriet Patience Dopson or Dobson. I believe Henry's parents were George Dibble and Mary Etherington but have yet to get his birth certificate to prove this.
If anyone is researching the Dibbles of Dorking I'd love to hear from you.

Regards

Suepernz

Hi, my surname interests for London are:

Watkins: Islington, Stoke Newington area
Bills: Clerkenwell area

Would love to hear from anyone who is researching these names and thinks they might have a link to my Frank Watkins and Lizzie Emma Bills (two different branches of my tree).

Regards

Sue