Looking for marriage record in England

[avm228]

Yes Alexander is William's brother. I believe I have his parents although not verified but Esther is a bit of a mystery.

Alexander Campbell would be Esther’s brother, surely, rather than William’s?

This may be him with their mother in the hamlet of Durrants, Havant, in 1841:

John Hobbs 30 hawker of china Y
Esther Campbell 35 N  <<<
Alexander Campbell 15 hawker of china N <<<

[avm228]

The Esther Campbell of the 1835 Waterloo marriage was of the parish of St Leonard’s Shoreditch - doesn’t look an obvious match.

[avm228]

Baptism for Alexander Campbell: 27 Apr 1825 at St Peter the Great, Chichester.

Parents: Alexander and Esther.

[Little Nell]

The Esther Campbell of the 1835 Waterloo marriage was of the parish of St Leonard’s Shoreditch - doesn’t look an obvious match.

It was also by licence which might be unlikely if they were itinerant workers.

Nell

[avm228]

Baptism for Alexander Campbell: 27 Apr 1825 at St Peter the Great, Chichester.

Parents: Alexander and Esther.

Another baptism for the couple, same parish: Esther Campbell, 30 April 1819.

[avm228]

Alexander Campbell (snr) had married Hester Whitney in Alverstoke in 1826 (Pallot’s).

His death: Alexander Campbell, aged 45, Dec qtr 1839 Chichester.

Her death: Esther Campbell, aged 50, Sep qtr 1847 Portsea Island.

[KimberlyAnnLambert]

I see that the son “Aron” Lambert, aged 14 in 1871, was a nephew in the household of Alexander Campbell, a 45 yr old dealer in china and glass born in Chichester.

Living in Croydon in 1871: RG10/845/80/33.

OK yes I see "Campbell"

[KimberlyAnnLambert]

Ok I suspected Alexander and Esther were her parents. But why do the censuses say she is born in Portsea

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
NameEsther Campbell
GenderFemale
Baptism Date30 Apr 1819
Baptism PlaceSt Peter-the-Great, Chichester, Sussex, England
FatherAlexander Campbell
MotherEsther
FHL Film Number1068510

Alexander Campbell
Esther Campbell

[avm228]

She may in fact have been born in Portsea (and baptised in Chichester) - or she may have mistakenly thought she was born in Portsea if the family had connections to both places (her mother died there).

Or it may have been her husband who completed that 1861 census return and was mistaken.