Roz
these are three entries in the Ironside Dictionary which relate to your family (as I read your posting). If we haven't been in contact before and you want a copy of the dictionary please send me your email address and I'll send it to you
kind regards
James Sanderson
Martha Louisa ~ (1864-?) (M478|M1885M1)
Birth: around 1864 (from Census 1881). Census: 1871 Melcombe Regis
DOR ENG female aged 7; Scholar; born Upway DOR; . Census: (Martha L.
~S) 1881 Watercombe DOR ENG at Heath Cottage; unmarried female
aged 17; Ag Servant; born Upway DOR; daur of William (W315).
Marriage: 1885q1 Poole DOR ENG MX. Father: William (W315).Mother:
Ann UNKNOWN (A667).C81.
William ~ (1829-1906) (W315|E1829W2)
Birth: around 1829 (from Death). Baptism: 17 Feb 1829 Fordington DOR
ENG Parents: William and Harriott VRI. Census: 1841 Fordington DOR
ENG at Damers Barn; male aged 12; Ag Lab; son of William (W248).
Census: 1851 Winterbourne Abbas DOR ENG male aged 22; born
Fordington DOR; son of William (W248). Marriage: 1855q3 Weymouth
DOR ENG to Ann UNKNOWN (A667) MX,C71. Census: 1871 Melcombe
Regis DOR ENG male aged 42; Farm Lab; born Fordington DOR; (alone in
household) {Son of William and Harriet}. Census: (William ~S) 1881
Watercombe DOR ENG at Heath Cottage; married male aged 52; Ag Lab;
born Fordington DOR; Household: Ann (wife, 49) (A667) Charles (son, 19)
Elizabeth E. (daur, 2) Emily C. (daur, 10) George F. (son, 7) James (son, 5)
Martha L. (daur, 17) Samuel (son,

William (head, 52) William J. (son)
Death: 1906q1 Blandford, Dor, ENG aged 77 DX.
Father: William (W248) Mother (Harriett ORCHARD (H50) C41, C51, VRI
Children: Mary Jane (M814) June Jessie 1859 (J1754) Charles 1861 (C101) Martha Louisa 1864 (M478) Elizabeth 1866 (E349) William John 1868 (W558) Emily Charlotte 1870 (E521) Samuel 1872 (S 21) George Frederick 1874 (G318) James 1875 (J425) Elizabeth Edith 1878 (E375)
William ~ (1806-1878) (W248|E1806W1)
Birth: around 1806 (from Death). Baptism: 5 Jan 1806 Winterbourne S M
DOR ENG Parents: James and Mary CoombsJS. Marriage: 12 Aug 1827
Winterborne Monkton DOR ENG to Harriet ORCHARD (H50) {Identity
established by JS}CBN. Census: 1841 Fordington DOR ENG at Damers
Barn; male aged 35; Ag Lab; Household: Harriet (wife, 40) (H50) William
(son, 12) John (son, 7) . Census: 1851 Winterbourne Abbas DOR ENG male
aged 45; born Martinstown DOR; Household: William (head, 45) Harriet
(wife, 54) (H50) William (son, 22) John James (son, 17) . Marriage:
1870q4 Weymouth DOR ENG {Guess that this is the marriage of William
to Margaret, known from C1871 - MHK}MX. Census: 1871 Upway DOR
ENG male aged 65; Millers Lab; born Martinstown DOR; Household:
William (head, 65) Margaret (wife, 56) (M222) . Death: 1878q3
Weymouth DOR ENG aged 72 DX. Father: James (J155).Mother: Mary
COOMBS (M529).JS. Children: William 1829 (W315), John 1831 (J1427),
John James 1834 (J1630).