henry gilham

[kirsty.foreman]

hi what it is i found out henry gilham is one of my great grandads apparently he was born at sea circa 1826 and he died july 1881 kensington middlesex apparently he had a wife called sarah wickham 1796.

[CaroleW]

You have given some info but not said what you are asking for? 

Where did you get the above info from - your own research or somebody elses?  Have you carried out any of the following basic searches before posting ?

Have you checked freebmd to find when & where he married Sarah as it must have been after 1837 if he was only born 1826 as you say (see comment below) 

Have you bought a copy of the marriage cert to establish if there is a fathers name?

Have you found him on the 1841 census?

You say he was born 1826 but Sarah was born 1796 - so was she 30yrs older than him??

Please post the full census entry that shows him born at sea & with a wife Sarah as I can’t see one between 1851-1881

[maddys52]

I suspect it is this Henry GILHAM, at 25 St James St Kensington in 1881

Henry Gillham    54  (labourer)  born at sea
Sarah Gillham    53      Kensington
Amy Gillham           16
Harriett Gillham      12
John Gillham             4

RG 11/26 pg 22

Death registration Sept qtr 1881, Kensington (1a/98) aged 55

[Neale1961]

I think this is the same family in 1871 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBFM-G2V

- some conflicting details to 1881 census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27S-1MRC

[maddys52]

Well found Neale

Looking at the birth registrations for the children, I can see this possible:

John Joseph Richard GILHAM Kensington (1a/149) March qtr 1877 mmn HAYDEN
Amy Maria GILHAM  Hackney (1b/371) Dec qtr 1864 mmn HAYDON
Hannah GILHAM Kensington (1a/117) Mar qtr 1869 mmn HAYDEN

There is also
Henry GILHAM  Sep qtr 1874 Kensington (1a/128) mmn HAYDEN

[CaroleW]

Marriage  Henry George Gilham - labourer - father James - labourer
Elizabeth Sarah Jane Hyden - father Thomas occ painter

3.8.1857 St John Notting Hill

Witnesses John Nix & Frances Clara Lay

[Neale1961]

Baptism for Elizabeth Sarah Jane HAYDON on 29th Nov 1833 at Christchurch St Marylebone, Westminster.
Father Thomas (plumber); mother Harriett. Address – 11 Copland St.

1851 census for Sarah Haydon and parents
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGTD-W44

1861 census for widowed mother Harriett
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7VB-CBT