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Yesterday I had lots of help on here from very kind people. I now though am totally stumped...here goes

George Appleton 1837 Liverpool married Eliza Lane, Bedminster, Bristol 1860. From marriage cert George's father was Edwin Appleton a brush maker.
On IGI George is baptised as George Chambers Appleton..in subsequesnt census he starts going by George C Appleton.
In 1841 census there is a Edwin & Elizabeth Appleton living at Bispham St with baby Adam. Reg also very kindly found poss death of Adam. No sign of George.

I checked 1841 census for George Chambers (baptism George Chambers Appleton). Thought I was getting somewhere when I found a George 50yrs & Mary 45 yrs Chambers with a male George aged 4years living in same street as Edwin & family.

Then Andy found a marriage for Edwin Appleton brushmaker & Elizabeth Toombs at St Anne's, Richmond 26/06/1837 on family history online. So if her last name was Toombs where did Chambers come from??? see what I mean.

Still can't find Edwin in 1851
Any advice or pointers in right direction very much appreciated as I am on the verge of going cross eyed and bald.

Marcelle

Hi I have family relatives and ancestors with Surnames for middle names. This points to the Chambers name being a possible surname further down your family line. The ones my family carry are surnmes of Grand or GGrand parents. I think they were mainly given to girls if there were no boys to carry the name forward

So George's dad Edwin, his mother or father may have been a Chambers?
Trouble is how do you prove it before 1837 when registration began...is it by baptismal registers

thanks Peter

Have you tried www.familysearch.com ??? They have a good record system of pre1837 stuff including baptisms

Pete

Will have a look now

Sorry Peter that is what I have been looking at. There was a baptism for Edwin with father John so I searched for any John's with a marriage to a Chambers and nothing

Thanks anyway. I think I will leave Edwin and family for a few days and come back to it with a clear head....it's so frustrating

Hi Marcelle,

Have you found the record of Edwin in the 1861 census. Ref: Class: RG9; Piece: 2148; Folio: 5; Page: 3; GSU roll: 542925.

He's living in Birmingham, looks like a lodging house, he's a brush maker so quite likely to be the right one. Says he was born in 1817 in Liverpool.

Cheers

Phil

Thanks Phil

Still cant find him in 1851

Marcelle

How did people disappear...or did they hide?