Missing family from Staplehurst

[rhsny]

Thank you Patrish.

[patrish]

Do you have the marriage of  Henry James and Elizabeth Hamilton  it should be circa the first childs birth in 1862.

That would give you the parents.

[rhsny]

Unfortunately, I do not have their marriage. I only know her last name from oral history from my g-grandmother and the will of Benj. George Spong who acknowledged taking his mother name of Hamilton when he joined the army.
Rob

[patrish]

This is the marriage Rob,

Henry James Spong and Elizabeth Hamilton March q. 1860 St. Georges, Southwark.  1d - 110

[rhsny]

Patrish,

You ARE good! Thanks so much for that little jewel. I obviously need to become more adept at this whole thing. I have mostly used available census info and not delved into BMD indexes which is where I presume you were able to find this info.

Thanks again.

Rob

[patrish]

1861 Census   RG9/345/152/25

3 Gloster Road, Newington Surrey.

Henry Spong Lodger m 28 Coach Driver b Camberwell, Surrey
Elizabeth wife 22 b Camberwell, Surrey.

You really need to start with marriage certificates or births to ascertain the father to make sure you have the correct family.

Yes I used the free BMD and found Henry but there was no Elizabeth on the page so I cross referenced the entry number with the complete index for Elizabeth Hamilton and bingo... it matched.