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Anyone know anything about Charles Haines born c. 1866 in Alverstoke, Gosport. He married Gertrude Lily Barker in 1887.
I have found them both in 1891, married with two young children, Charles aged 25 years.
I have found a Charles Haines in 1881, aged 15, born in Forton, Hampshire, as a boarder, living in Stocks Yard, Alverstoke, which may be the same one.
However I can find no trace of him in 1871, when he would be 5 years old, and no indication of his parentage. Has anybody got any other info re Charles?
Margaret

Thanks Jan, I think I had come to that conclusion. The things they got up to in those days, talk about this modern generation, they were no better then !!
With your comments in mind, I have done another IGI search, and found a marriage of a Mary Ann Steer to a James Wood in 1818, a possibility for this family, and I have posted a separate query. Thanks a lot,
Margaret

Can anyone help me
Looking for details of John Steer in 1861, born in Crowhurst Surrey
Would be 46 years old, probably head of family, Son Philip Steer aged 7
Wife Phillis (nee Humphrey), born in Edenbridge, Kent, aged 39 or maybe dead ( John widower by 1871).
Philip (aka William) Steer was my great grandfather
Also any confirmation of IGI record of marriage of John and Phillis in Westerham  in May 1842 in parish records, and son Philip's birth in Jun qtr 1854, Sevenoaks district, in Westerham  or Crockham Hill, Kent

P.S. Anyone heard of Huddocks, Westerham where John and Phillis were living in 1851?
Thanks, Margaret

Jan, thanks very much for that info.
I think I've got better matches, which is what led me to his christening year.
i.e.
1851  Huddocks? Westerham, Kent

John Steer, Head, Mar, M, 36, Ag Lab,Surrey, Crowhurst
Phillis Steer, wife,Mar, E, 29, Kent, Edenbridge
Mary Ann Steer, Daug, F, 7, Scholar, Kent, Westerham
George Steer, Son, M, 5, Scholar, Kent, Westerham
Kate Steer, Daug, F, 3, Scholar, Kent, Westerham

and 1871Park Cottages, Westerham, living with son-in-law Alfred Bridgeland and his wife, Mary, aged 27

John Steer, father-in-law, Wid, M, 56, Kent, Westerham (but written as ditto after rest of family
Phillip Steer, Son, Un, M, 17 Ag Labr, Kent Westerham    (my great grandfather)

This led me to his birth year approx 1815, and the 2 relevant IGI entries
Sorry if I did not give enough details before about what I already knew.
What I was interested in was why at his christening his mother's name only was given, and why at his marriage only his father's name was given, and a different name George Dawson at that

Thank you very much for taking the trouble to answer my first post on this board
Think I really wanted the Surrey Look up page, to find out any more details surrounding his birth
Thanks, Margaret