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Hi all, I need help to find William Cole and wife.All i know is he had a daughter Martha Ann dob1855 born Devizes Wiltshire who married George Henry Blackmore in 1880 in Greenwich .I have Martha and George on the 1891c with their family.At the time of Marthas marriage William was deceased.i know nothing else about him.Thank you

If you bought Marthas birth cert you would have both parents names and dads occupation plus Marthas address at birth. On the marriage cert what is Williams occupation or does it just say deceased?

Have you found Martha in 1861?

Got the cert but only the fathers name is on it ,his occupation is labourer.Yes looked on 1861 but no luck .

You mean you have just the marriage cert? Not the birth cert.

Sorry i have a marriage certificate for martha

No I cant seem to find a Martha with a dad called William in 1861 either ???

Very strange ,i thought it was just me.As i say i have her on 1891c living at 21 prior st greenwich seems they were there a while as its 10 prior st she was at when she married.any ideas?

Hi Bighen

I had a quick look for the birth record - and couldn't find anything, but playing around - I found a christening on LDS for Martha Cole in Maddington, Wiltshire (about 10 miles from devizes) the christening was 5th July 1857 (and could be quite a while after the actual birth!). The father was William Cole and the mother was Anne. Is it possible that the certificate you have is misleading??

I also looked on the 1881 census and found Martha/George and Ada under Blackman. (The written part is more correct as Blackmaw!)

Hope this helps, Nigel

Hi Bighen

This might be a longshot too - in the 1861 and 1871 census you can find the Coles, litterally there is William, Anne and Martha Coles (and others) at Shrewton-cum-Maddington.

Regards Nigel

THANK YOU NIGEL,
I WILL HAVE TO LOOK A BIT FURTHER INTO WHAT YOU HAVE SENT ME . PAM