Oooo, so helpful, thank you all.
No I don't have a birth certificate for George, but I have in his own writing aged 18 8/9/1859, which makes his d.o.b 1841,from a family bible, it's his mother that is the mystery. Your replies have given me some research to do.
In researching For Martha we have, " male born 9 Sept 1841 to Martha Newns.", but no father is named.
On George's marriage cert his father is named as Richard, cordwainer, but haven't been able to link any Richards.
Thank you all again xx