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Thx I have a very detailed history of Guadeloupe at the time. I am guessing he swapped slavery for joining army to fight the British. Changed sides as some stage, again probably that or his life.

After some nack story on how my GGGGF might born 1875 Guadeloupe may have arrived in England in 1800 to join Grenadier Guards, or 1st Foot as they were then,
Thx

Hi Trish,
like many other families at the time, we weren't very creative with names. Two, Harriets : Harriet Rebecca MADY passed JUNE 1912 • Yorkshire West Riding. Pretty full life (married name Jones and a brilliantly named daughter Dido Boadicea).
Harriet Rebecca Madit (pre name change) unfortunately passed aged 2 in 1835.
Both: father Victor Madit/Mady and mother Harriott Franciss
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Hi JenB , thanks for taking the time to help and show an interest
I didn't want to over complicate the original request but from various sources (below) I have the following information:
In 1834, at daughter Harriot's baptism, Father, Victor, is a shoemaker (his father and brother are variously cordwainers/shoemakers - their description)
In 1840 the record of his membership to The Hotel and Tavern Keepers Provident Institution. Mady, V. places him at "Evan's Grand Hotel Covent Garden" as a waiter)
In 1841 census he is still a waiter
In 1843, on son's birth certificate Henry Charles he is still a waiter
In 1861 census he is jeweller and collector (what ever that means)
He died in 1871 prior to the census but his death certificate states: jeweller(oil & colour made) - I think that is my misreading of Oil and Colour man (a dealer in the victualling trade, as i discovered) . It is further complicated as we changed the spelling of our name from Madit (in about 1837) to Mady. I have all this on the WAYE family tree (A***y) and really happy to accept any feedback if you dicovered anything additional or different, I am still very much a novice at this
thx again Paul