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Thanks for ideas so far - and for all the typing. Good idea to check for Charles Craft in 1861 - yes there is one, married Mary and two children the right age for the marriage I found - alas he is the wrong Charles! Mine, in 1861 is Charles Krafft married to Catherine(census) Back to the drawing board Peter

First to the registration district. Freembd has the following info: The district London is an alternative name for the City of London City of London Created 1st July 1837. Abolished 1st January 1870 (incorporated into London City district). In Middlesex. Sub-districts : London North East; London North West; London South; London South East; London South West. GRO volumes : II (1837-51); 1c (1852-69). All Hallows Barking, All Hallows Bread Street, All Hallows the Great, All Hallows Honey Lane, All Hallows the Less, All Hallows Lombard Street, All Hallows London Wall, All Hallows Staining, Christ Church Newgate Street, Holy Trinity the Less, St. Alban Wood Street, St. Alphage London Wall, St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, St. Andrew Hubbard, St. Andrew Undershaft, St. Anne Blackfriars, St. Ann and St. Agnes, St. Antholin, St. Augustine Watling Street, St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, St. Benet Fink, St. Benet Gracechurch, St. Benet Paul's Wharf, St. Benet Sherehog, St. Botolph by Billingsgate, St. Botolph without Billingsgate, St. Christopher le Stocks, St. Clement Eastcheap, St. Dionis Backchurch, St. Dunstan in the East, St. Dunstan in the West, St. Edmund, St. Ethelburga, St. Faith, St. Gabriel Fenchurch, St. George Botolph Lane, St. Gregory by St. Paul's, St. Helen Bishopsgate, St. James Duke's Place, St. James Garlickhithe, St. John the Baptist Walbrook, St. John the Evangelist, St. John Zachary, St. Katherine Coleman, St. Katherine Cree, St. Lawrence Jewry, St. Lawrence Pountney, St. Leonard Eastcheap, St. Leonard Foster Lane, St. Magnus the Martyr, St. Margaret Lothbury, St. Margaret Moses, St. Margaret New Fish Street, St. Margaret Pattens, St. Martin Ludgate, St. Martin Orgar, St. Martin Outwich, St. Martin Pomeroy, St. Martin Vintry, St. Mary Abchurch, St. Mary Aldermanbury, St. Mary Aldermary, St. Mary at Hill, St. Mary Bothaw, St. Mary le Bow, St. Mary Colechurch, St. Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street, St. Mary Mountshaw, St. Mary Somerset, St. Mary Staining, St. Mary Woolchurch, St. Mary Woolnoth, St. Matthew Friday Street, St. Michael Bassishaw, St. Michael Queenhithe, St. Michael le Querne, St. Michael Paternoster Royal, St. Michael Wood Street, St. Mildred Bread Street, St. Mildred Poultry, St. Nicholas Acons, St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, St. Nicholas Olave, St. Olave Hart Street, St. Olave Old Jewry, St. Olave Silver Street, St. Pancras Soper Lane, St. Peter Cornhill, St. Peter Paul's Wharf, St. Peter le Poer, St. Peter Westcheap, St. Stephen Coleman Street, St. Stephen Walbrook, St. Swithin London Stone, St. Thomas Apostle, St. Vedast Foster Lane, Whitefriars Precinct. Registers now in London City district. As to marriage to dead wife's sister, yes it was illegal at that time so it could well be that they did not officially marry, but as no proof of status/identity was required they could equally have gone to London to marry where noone would have known the truth. If you order the Charles Craft certificate but with the checking point that you only want it if the wife was Catherine Brown you will only be charged £4 if it is not your man. www.1837online now has the London 1861 census. Would it be worth checking first to see if a Charles Craft appears there.

There have to be two of them, otherwise ages dont fot. Ann b c1818, catherine b 1828. first child b 1840, last child b 1884 Peter

Could be that Miss Brown was Catherine Anne or Anne Catharine - unless you find her birth you wont know for sure. Looks like a trip to Chelmsford archive could clear your problem.

Problem I have is there isn't a Catherine Brown/Katherine Brown marriage corresponding,and the only Krafft Marriage in the time zone is Gustav Adolph in Colchester xmas day1856 and he is my gggrandfather (at least he married my gggrandmother but she seems to have been one of the original Essex girls) Peter

Hi Peter being really new on this site... yep i tried to look on 1837online.. sorry you know already what i found out... no answer, but i did try!! Deb x

Gerri - only 4 pm here in New Zealand - will open bottle of red.. Peter

2 June 1839 Charles Krafft married Ann Brown (cert) Ann b Maldon Essex 12 Feb 1857 Horatio born to Charles Frederick Krafft and Catherine Krafft nee Brown.(Cert) Ann Krafft diedJun Q 1854 - assume this is the wife, all later references to his wife are as Kate (b Maldon) Presumption - he married his first wife's sister Catherine Question - when?? There is a Charles Craft marriage Dec Q 1855 London 1c191 (Question - it definitely says London on 1937 - is this a district - if I order a cert for this district will I get one?) Anyone else got another idea?? Peter

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