Hi again Claire and Angela... I too have been looking for so long now i'm going cross eyed
. The only thing i've come up with is this....Please dont laugh.
1871 Ringwood Hampshire RG10 1180 Page 24
Percsable Bailey 25 Common Labourer Verwood Dorset
Charlotte Bailey 26 '' ''' '' '' Wife Ringwood
Hants
Willie Bailey Son 2 Verwood Dorset
? Bailey son 5 days Ringwood
The only reason i posted this is because i was desperate!!!
I had crossed every Charlotte with Charlott, Bailey with Vincent, checked for marriages of all Charlottes before Williams birth(1869ish) and followed all servant girls with the name Charlotte in the 71 census back ten years to make sure they were born where they said they were
and ZILCH! In the 51 census the first daughter Mary was born Fordingbridge and the mother Jane was born Breamore. This Charlotte states was born Ringwood...these places are all in a very small area. I too cannot find a marriage of these two so they may not have been married at all. I was a Vincent before i married in the Dorset area and many people told me that way way back the Vincent Families were almost Travellers, living on the land and i suppose with an address all those years, of just 'The Common' thats about as basic as it could get. If anyone was going to crack this one i would have bet money on Angela.....nothing gets past her easily.....
so this small offering is about as good as i can get. Sorry
very best wishes cheryle.f