Richard Matthews..Hastings, England

[rosie99]

You can confirm Mary's maiden surname by searching for the childrens births on
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp
You just need to register.

You have already mentioned Holman in the post I copied over

Birth reg from the site I mentioned
MATTHEWS, EDWARD       mmn HOLMAN     
1890  Dec Quarter in HASTINGS  Volume 02B  Page 26

[rosie99]

Name   Richard Matthews
Event Type   Birth Registration
Registration Quarter   Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year   1893
Registration District   Hastings
County   Sussex
Event Place   Hastings, Sussex, England
Volume   2B
Page   28
Line Number   86.

Also from the GRO website
MATTHEWS, RICHARD       mmn HOLMAN     
1893  March Quarter in HASTINGS  Volume 02B  Page 28

[mhanson84]

k cool. so it was mary holman than.thanks

[mhanson84]

what i'm doing is just verifying..i know that i had holman before, but i wanted to check to make 100 percent sure than was her last name

[mhanson84]

k so the other info i have is: also this is just copy and paste from myheritage.com

William Henry MATTHEWS and Mary Ann MATTHEWS (born HOLMAN).

William was born circa 1852, in Battle, Sussex, England.
Mary was born on November 23 1850, in Hellingly, Sussex, England.

now from this how i can i trace back to william's parents..mary's parents etc.

[rosie99]

You need their marriage to ascertain the names of their fathers

Have you tracked the family backwards on the census to establish approximately when they married. Census is free to search on familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/search/hr/search

You can also use the GRO index to see when the couple first registered a birth of a child.

[mhanson84]

i will