Hi Carol and Carole,
Thanks for the replies,ALL those census returns are the right ones as the children all tally and I have all their birth certificates.
You can see how confused I was getting with his age varying so much and the Bath birthplace threw me completely for a while but I decided to concentrate on the names and ages of wife and children, I did always have doubts about Sophia/John as his parents , as I thought that he would have had some mention of building worker or labouring.
Also was confused about the St.Giles, Cornwall for them both but Susan was born/living in St.Giles area of London, so I believe her to be from London,
But William nearly always appears as Cornwall, or Bath, I wondered if he may have had work there and it was put down on that particular Census.
Thats the first time CaroleW that I've seen anything relating to Esther Mary other than her Marriage Certificate. And her Dad is a William, and there is another brother, this tallies to stories my Nan told me, as she said her Grandad (William) and his brothers( so I think there must have been at least one more) had a building firm in Marylebone, and owned quite a few houses which were let out, and the brothers took turns in rent collecting, also my Nans dad, Charles, and his brothers were all builders , plasterers, and painters and presumably their cousins.
What does confuse me is if they are all in London , at least Esther and William were, why I can't find a death certificate for their Dad William Roberts Wyatt in either London or Cornwall.
18 was quite young for Esther to have been in London to get married , it would seem that maybe the family moved here, or at least some of them at quite a young age, I would presume she knew her husband for a while before marriage and their Dad isn't down as deceased on the marriage certificates.
Another, silly little thing, after his wife Susan died, William remarried and had another daughter called....Esther Mary, this was one of the reasons, (tenuous, I know) that I thought the first Esther Mary could be his sister.
I think I had better remove Sophia and her sons from my tree, on Ancestry.
Do you know how best to go about finding Cornish records?, being in London, it seems miles away, and to be honest I really have no idea where to begin, as I really don't have much to go on,do I?
I don't even really know where in Cornwall to look, though from the records you have sent for Esther and John, St.Austell seems a good start!!!!
I can't thank you enough for the help you have given me , at least I now know who's not his family, would be grateful for any pointers you may have!
Take care both of you and thanks again eita
