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No, still a brick wall I'm afraid, no further on than I was before.

Its on the 1851 wales census and it says she was born in Glamorgan and then a place i can't make out. Her husband Richard was born in Bishops Taunton, Devon.

Oh of course, I hadn't thought that Margaret Down could be his mother's sister. Having no idea who his mother is it's hard to tell!

Actually I haven't. It had crossed my mind that Margaret Down the wife may have originally been a Staniforth before marriage to Richard Down but she states she was originally born in Wales and I think the Staniforths came from up north. It is certainly an avenue worth a look. I may need to buy come ...

I have been to the London Metropolitan Archives but I don't recall looking through workhouse records. Does the workhouse have a particular name or is it just called St Lukes Workhouse? You mentioned his age, did it give any other information apart from his name and age? How old was this William Sta...

peterd, the witnesses were John Morris and the mark of Susan Lloyd. I have wondered if Susan Lloyd was previously Susan Down (one of the Down family's daughters who William lived with when he was 7 and moved to Wales with). I must admit I have not checked where these witnesses were in the 1861 censu...

Yes I have the marriage certificate of Rosa and William. I have tracked him and Rosa and their children all the way to 1901 census. It's Williams birth/baptism I can't get information on as it's before record began. Having searched the St Lukes parish records I came up with no mention of him. His da...

Dominic Thank you for that reply. That does seem likely doesn't it. There were a few Staniforths around but mainly common in the Derbyshire and Yorkshire areas, not many in London. If this Staniforth was in St Lukes parish then that's seems a good bet to me. I did a lot of looking through the census...

I have hit a bit of a brick wall. I am looking information on the birth of William Staniforth born 1835 +/- 1 in Middlesex, Chelsea. I have his marriage certificate from 1858 in Cardiff where he marries Rosa Courtney Thomas. William's father is listed as John Staniforth, Grocer, but he was not a wit...

Ron Thanks you so much for your reply. Someone on another Geneaology site very kindly located William for me in 1841. He was listed as William Hansford, it looked a bit like Stanford on the document but it was a very poor copy and hardly readable. He was the right age and it was the same family he w...

Hi This is my first post on this site. I have been researching my family for a few months now and have hit a blank as have now gone to a time before BMD records. I have traced back to my Great Great Grandfather who according to census records I have found was born 1835 (+/- 1) in Chelsea, London. As...