Hello,
My 3x grandfather was Robert Ashby, born in Godstone in 1830/31 to Robert Ashby and Jane Hewett. Robert married "Hannah" who identifies herself in three censuses as being born in 1830 in Coleraine, Ireland, but there is no maiden name mentioned.
At some point, the couple moved to Croydon, Surrey where their children were born.
Oddly, I cannot find a marriage record for the couple anywhere in either locations - or anywhere - and would really like to locate that document as it would contain Hannah's surname and help me trace her, hopefully, in the Irish records, a real boost to tracing that end of the family. I have gone through thesussexweald parish records, too, and find only a few Ashbys which makes me wonder if they were non-conformists, but don't know what impact that would have on the lack of marriage records.
Any help or advice would be most appreciated!! I am hoping someone with more experience than I have at trying to pull the family history together might see a path I'm not seeing! Thank you!