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I have found the wife, yes. She's living with a sister.  I wonder if he had been living there too?.  I hadn't thought of looking down that avenue.  I definetley can't find him after 1851 until the wedding.  I am going to try to check that immediatley.  Thanks for your help.  I will be back!. Soloist

Thank you for your help.  I hadn't seen the marriage of an Ethel A . Porter. Bit of a coincidence if two Barnes's married two Porters.  I need to go further into these events and get a certificate or two.  I appreciate your help. Thank you very much. Soloist

Hello.    Ena Ethel Barnes was born in Camberwell South London in 1917.   Her mother was Ethel M. Porter.  I believe that she came from Norfolk, and  married A.Barnes in Camberwell.    I have every reason to think that the mother Ethel M. came from Norfolk.   I think this because Ena  died in North Walsham, Norfolk, in 2003 aged 86.  I find it odd that Ena went to Norfolk after WW11, when her parents had died.   So I looked up Ena's mother's maiden name  - Porter - and she came from Norfolk.  Is this why Ena went to Norfolk, on her own after the war?   If someone could suggest a cemetery where Ena may be buried, that might be a start for me.  On the other hand is there a way of finding out where Ena was living in Norfolk up to her death. Any ideas will be smashing.  Thanks Soloist.

The LMA gave me photocopies of dad's time spent in the workhouse infermery, and these show the date he entered the workhouse,  the date he left,  and the date he went back again. and copies too of his mothers death,  and her time spent there.   They also said that he MUST have been registered at birth, wherever that was.   I think that he could well have been born in the workhouse, but I don't know how to pursue that avenue   Also, if his mother was terribly ill (as she was) perhaps no-one got around to doing  it.  Is it possible to apply to the local registry office and ask them to look up his birth?  I haven't done this as I thought that if it wasn't in the Records Office then it wouldn't be in the local one.  Can you make head or tale of this?   I do have the certificate of a George Golding born at the same time, but the information on it clashes with what I know about all of us.  Dad was a Walter George Golding.  Thank you for your interest. Soloist

Thanks for your reply.  I will check out the surname lists.  I can't remember if I have already done so, but a re-check is sensible. Soloist