Surrey: Henry GYATT

[BAC3]

Hello,

Henry GYATT was born c1840 in Guildford, Surrey:  Father also Henry, a Plumber, and Mother, Caroline (nee FOORD).   He spent two years in prison between March 1856 and March 1858.

On 05/05/1861 he married Amelia Elizabeth COLEMAN (age not known) at Holy Trinity, Guildford,  fathers Henry and William being respective witnesses.   Henry had been a Bricklayer.

Can anyone help with further biography please?

Thank you,

BAC3

[groom]

Could he have remarried?

1891 RG12 Piece  560 Folio   105  Page   16
Mount Street, St Nicholas, Guildford

Harry    Gyatt    Head        49       Bricklayers Labourer       Guildford, Surrey 
Jane   Gyatt         Wife                        63                                   Sussex
Emma   Gyatt    Daughter    18       General Servant                Guildford 
George   Wellard   Lodger    25       Agricultural Labourer         Sussex

I checked the image and it does say 63 for his wife

[suzard]

this looks like Amelia before marriage
1861
Epsom Rd Rat & Castle Guildford Surrey
William Coleman Head M 60 Ag lab
Sarah wife 58
Amelia daughter 23 S no occupation
Francis son S 22 ag lab (think he was witness at marriage - Father's Henry & William were NOT witnesses as you posted)
Charles son S 20 Lime Burner
Abel son 14 ag lab
Elizabeth daughter 13
Sarah and children all b Guildford
RG9 4 8 781

Suz

[suzard]

This looks like Henry pre marriage
1861
Queens Head Alverstoke Hampshire
Henry Gyatt Boarder S 20 Bricklayer Guildford Surrey
henry is one of 10 Boarders
RG9 646 67 13

Suz

[BAC3]

Hello groom,

I think your suggestion has more than a touch of accuracy........I looked back at the daughter Emma, born 1873, and came up with another entry in 1881 for Henry and Jane GYATT.   I will take these new pieces of evidence and work on the theory he was widowed between 1861 and 1881.

Thank you for the guidance.

For now,

BAC3

[groom]

In 1871 he is a lodger in Mill Lane, Guildford - says he is married but his wife isn't with him.

In 1881  High Street 3 Half Moon Passage

Henry   Gyatt       28      Head             General Labourer                   Guildford, Surrey         
Jane           Gyatt        46      Wife    Laundress                                        Waltham, Surrey   
George   Gyatt        15    Son             Farm Labourer                          Guildford, Surrey      
Emma   Gyatt          8    Daughter        Scholar                            Guildford, Surrey   

Interesting that George is the same age as the George Wellard in 1891 - is he Jane's son?

[suzard]

marriage Parish register entry 156
Holy Trinity guildford Surrey
5 may 1861
Henry Gyatt of full age Bachelor occ Bricklayer address Holy Trinity father Henry Gyatt occ Plumber
Amelia Elizabeth Coleman of full age Spinster address Holy Trinity father William Coleman occupation Labourer
witnesses Francis Coleman  & Jane St??dwick (could be Steadwick?)

Suz

[BAC3]

suzard,

Thank you for the  COLEMAN family details, excellent grist to the mill.  And it may also help to unearth Amelia's date of death if that is to be the case.

My mistake calling the two fathers witnesses, exuberance on my part finding the marriage information and wondering what Henry GYATT was doing in Alverstoke in 1861 laying bricks!!!

For now,

BAC3

[groom]

Possible death given the unusual name? Although the age can't be right if she married in 1861.

Deaths Sep 1891 
Gyatt    Amelia    42    Guildford    2a   42


Amelia Gyatt
Age:   42
Burial Date:   16 Jul 1891
Burial Place:   Guildford, Surrey