.... the death certificate for Elizabeth Soall nee Clare showing that he married in London in 1838 (which I cannot find in FreeBMD. Her father was James a Farmer , but the mother was Elizabeth and not Fanny and she was born in Buckingham not Chesham.
The only wedding of an Elizabeth Clare in 1838 was in Westminster wger James Charles Soall was born, but he is not one of the grooms, there is another wedding in the Witney RD, but it only shows Elizabeth Clare and no groom.
Hi David
At the outset, you'd mentioned that you thought James SOALL and Elizabeth CLARE may have married on the ship en route to New Zealand.
* Was your reason for this that you'd not found a marriage in England, for them ??
Maybe the information provided at Elizabeth's death in 1877 was given by her husband ... though it might also have been supplied by another party ? Whatever, there's no guarantee it is totally correct - especially in respect of the date (year) of marriage ... or whether a marriage in fact took place between the two. Other resources need checking.
Can you tell us please >
* Were the daughters of the union born in England ?
* Do you have the name of ship on which James and Elizabeth came to New Zealand ?
Edit : ... oops I've just noticed at Reply # 26 that "J.C. SOALL is thought to have arrived in NZ c. 1842" so daughters probably NZ-born ?
[I've looked at England marriage records > numerous sources / and using variants of surnames >
but to date no luck with 1838 or any other years. ]
~ Lu