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I have done both those, thank you and had some helpful replies. Still ongoing I think!

Oh you're absolutely right, I hadn't picked that up about the 1861 census. So he was married then - also had a thing about girls with names beginning with E! And the marriage to Jane didn't last ... He's been the bane of my life, the only consistency is that he was a clock maker! Back to the drawing...

Here are the certificates I was talking about and thanks to Sandra for resizing them for me! I'm pretty sure the marriage cert is for Emily Minchin (signature quite clear) but no idea how the father's name got muddled, unless it was a registrar with poor concentration! The birth certificate, again, ...

Yes I had found Alice with Mary Garrett - but can now justify it! Mary was her paternal grandmother, but had remarried hence the different name. And thank you for the 1841 census, yes I'm sure it's her, no sign of husband, must have already died.

Thomas Skinner b c 1823 Stratford on Avon, clockmaker. 1851 census - wife Elizabeth - can find no record of their marriage 1861 census - wife Emma 1862 marriage to Emily Mary Hinchin (sig shows Minchin) (think this is same Emma as 1861) - both wid - father George Hitchin wit James Pyle 1864 Alice Em...

Hi I'm Gill and I've been researching various family trees for over 12 years now. However I've hit a problem. I've found issues with two certificates. I'm over 90% sure they're both the right ones but on the birth cert, the mother's name is given with a totally different surname. There is no record ...