I think that he could have been born 1845
bapt 1845
then very very late regis 1846
it is a possiblility
a lot of the vicars tried to put folk off registering births as they believed that was down to the church!
I think that is our Joseph Slater with that Sarah Hipkiss
he has a dau and son called Jane and Richard
those are names that figure with our Joseph Slater
a Joseph Oliver marries a Sarah Hipkiss
is he a widow
did he ever marry
did he marry a Jane Slater
did she die
did he then marry the dau of Sarah Hipkiss who is age 12 in 1841
Is Joseph Slater then lodging with his step g. ma?
I think that the marriage for a Joseph Oliver and Sarah Hipkiss will help
otherwise we are just chasing our tails and I end up papering the walls with certifs

Gardener!!!
where are you!!!
