I thought he maybe a son of William Lodington and Harriett Dyer but his birth year of circa 1839 is 7 years before William Lodington and Harriet married. So perhaps he was instead born with the surname Dyer (thus was illegitimate).
I have some questions about the two Lodington boys George Edward Dyer Lodington and Edward Horace Dyer Lodington who we thought were sons of William Lodington and Harriet Dyer.
I have the 1841 census for William and Harriet who married in 1846. The census for Lambeth Park rad shows the family of William Lodington 35 and Sarah 35
with children William 15
Stewart 15
John 15
Sarah 14
Ernest 9
Louisa 8 (?)
Lydia 2
Camilla 6mths
Eliza
BriansNext house Charlotte Dyer 25 - Ladies School
Louisa Dyer 25
Harriett 25
1851 census in South Hampton St Mary Hampshire
William Lodington head Mar 29 Agent in the P&O Steam Company Middlesex London
Harriet Do Wife Mar 31 Kent Fotscay
William Do Son 3 Do Lewisham
Louisa Dyer Visitor Un 32 Essex East Mer...
1861 census Shoreditch Tower Hamlets St John the Baptist
William Lodington Head Mar 41 Peninsular & Oriental S Navigation Co Middlesex London
Harriet Do Wife Mar 42 Kent
Wm Do Son 13 Do Lewisham
On the page before also in Tower Hamlets St John the Baptist
Charlotte Dyer Head Un 48 Governess Kent
Louisa Dyer Sister Un 44 Music Teacher Essex
Samuel Do Nephew 7 Lancashire
I have found a death in 1862 for William Lodington and a Probate listing for him with a death date for 30 June 1862 granted to Harriet Lodington widow.
1871 Census Camberwell Lambeth
Charlotte Dyer Lodger 57 Unm Annuitant Kent Deptford
Louisa Do Lodger 50 Unm Do Essex East Ham(?)
Harriet Lodington Lodger W Do Kent Sidcup (?)
William S Lodington Visitor 22 Unm Shipping Clerk Kent Lewisham
Also a death for Harriet Lodington age 62 in Q3 1872 Vol 1d pg 438 Camberwell London
and one for William Lodington age 27 in Q4 1872 Vol 1a pg 308 Marylebone London
There does not appear to be any trace of either George E D Lodington prior to his marriage in 1873 or Edward H D Lodington other than an entry in India christenings in Secunderabad in 1863 where his date of birth is shown as 17 Mar 1840 with Father William Lodington and mother Harriett.
It seems unlikely that George and Edward are sons of this William and Harriet - so who are they?
I am hoping the Probate record for William 1862 will give some clarity as to is family although it is an Administration rather than a will.
Can anyone shed some light on this question, they are Lodingtons but how do they fit in?
Lorraine