No idea where to go from here!!!

[jonwarrn]

Do you mean the link doesn't work for you, or you can't figure out how to use it (it IS a steep learning curve.... it took me hours!)

Hi
I've finally got it. It's rather awkward and clumsy, yes, it certainly takes quite a while to get the hang of it.
Still, a lot better than no database!
Thank you for finding it and sharing it with us.
Jon

[jonwarrn]

Could I throw this guy into the mix

Hi
Worth a shout.
This might be him
1861 census
piece 403 folio 148 page 17
Greenwich Hospital Schools
George Heny Williams, 12, Scholar, born Devon Plymouth

Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services
George Henry Williams
Official Number 42374
Place of Birth Plymouth, Devon
Date of Birth 25 September 1848
Ref ADM 188/8/42374
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6581606

[greyhobbes02]

Hi, sorry I've not given any more details.  I know I've already said this and I'm sorry if you think I'm going on but I'm just overwhelmed and flattered at all the support I've received with this and how much research everyone's been doing. So thank you!!

Anyway, I've attached a photograph of the marriage certificate. The witnesses are Catherine Head and John William Wells. I did search them but only found that John William Wells was another lodger in the area and later owned his own lodging house so I assume they were just friends...?

Re death certificate, a cousin does have a copy and I've emailed her asking for it so hopefully I can tell you more soon.

Just a note, on the marriage record, their ages don't really seem to add up, Henry is supposedly 33 and Rebecca is 32. However, through the same cousin, I know Rebecca was born 13 Nov 1850 so would have been 33.

[jbml]

I one year age discrepancy is nothing to worry about ... absolutely nothing.

Well all find them all over the place, and often much wider than that. We have people who only age 5 years from one census to the next ... then  3 years to the one after that ... and then miraculously get YOUNGER.

It's important to remember that the obsessive accuracy with which we keep track of our age nowadays is only due to modern legislation on things like state pensions, television licences, bus passes and school leaving ages which simply didn't exist back in those days.

It was all much more rough and ready then ...