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Thanks for your advice Heather, I will try the FTF. I have the birth certificates for all the children and they all have the same mother, Maria Aldred.

Thanks Heather, I have got a subscription to Ancestry and have searched the BMDs on there many times but have had no joy. I'm just wondering if I am missing something. I'm stuck and could really do with another pair of eyes to help! Gary.

I have to take dog out now, pop over to FTF and put the query to them!

Sorry, forgot to add that I've also looked on the IGI but I'm the first to admit that I'm not very good with that!

Well Gary the complete bmd index is free to view (the images) on ancestry and there is the freebmd partial index which is name searchable. Ive drawn a blank at the moment. Its very unusual for a soldier to marry so young. Why dont you come over to the Family Tree Forum and put the query on there (just google Family Tree Forum) there are some real super sleuths there.

Hi Heather, I've searched the UK BMD index on Ancestry and I've looked at the military/overseas index on microfiche at TNA. I managed to find the all the subsequent births on the overseas index (even though they are all UK births) but not the marriage. When I checked the Military Chaplains returns on fiche, I noticed that they only contained marriages that were definitely overseas, there were no UK entries at all, which leads me to think that it must be on the UK BMD index. Gary

Where have you looked please? They certainly arent leaping out of the freebmd. Which birth cert has Maria as the mother please - just in case earlier kids had a different mum.

I wonder if someone could help me with trying to locate a marriage, I’ve been looking for months with no joy - thanks. Edward James Starkey Richardson born Tamworth, Staffs c.1842, he joined the army and I’ve found the following regarding him in muster lists and payrolls at TNA Enlisted at Bristol into Army Service Corps, April 1858 Placed on marriage establishment in Army records, 4th April 1861 Discharged 1874, settled in Plymouth, Devon. I know he married Maria Aldred born Dokenfield, Frensham, Surrey c.1840 and had the following children: Charles b Woolwich 1862 (died young) Edward b Woolwich 1862 Emily b Aldershot 1863 William b Aldershot 1865 Evangeline b Farnham 1867 James b Devonport 1871 Harry b Plymouth 1876 I’ve managed to track him successfully during his army career and afterwards, it’s the earlier years that are a problem! I think the marriage certificate is the key because I’ve not been able to find him on the 1851 census (there is a ‘possible’ living in Bowling, Yorkshire but I can’t be sure until I know his father’s name). I’ve not been able to find his birth registered but recognise that it is early and therefore might not have been done. I believe the 1861 census was taken on 7th April 1861 (3 days after his army marriage establishment) but I cant find them on the 1861 at all. For info, there is a Maria Aldred listed in the marriage index, Lambeth March 1861but I’ve managed to eliminate that one. Thanks in advance,

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