Can you find them in 1841?

[Velma Dinkley]

I have yet to find these two in 1841... is someone able to find them please?

Henry Guilford - born 1817 Brighton(or Brighthelmston), Sussex. Son of William Guilford (decd 1820) & Elizabeth. Henry joined the railway in Dec. 1840.

Eliza Simmons - born 1824 Twineham, Sussex. Daughter of Henry Simmons & Jane.

Henry & Eliza married on 24th Sept 1842 at St Nicholas Church, Brighton. On the marriage cert they were both living in Wood Street, Brighton, which was near to the station.

Thanks for your help.

[Night Owl]

You may want to look at this one. Its transcribed on Ancestry as Henry Guilfld. HO 107, piece 1645, folio 924, page 18

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=8978&iid=SSXHO107_1121_1121-0474&fn=Henry&ln=Guilfld&st=r&ssrc=&pid=10730413&iq=1

His occupation is given as police officer which doesn't tally with what you've said, but I think the address might be Wood St although I'm having trouble reading the first letter. There is another person on that page, Thomas Alderton, who is living in Wood St in 1851

[Christine in Herts]

You may want to look at this one. Its transcribed on Ancestry as Henry Guilfld. HO 107, piece 1645, folio 924, page 18

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His occupation is given as police officer which doesn't tally with what you've said, but I think the address might be Wood St although I'm having trouble reading the first letter. There is another person on that page, Thomas Alderton, who is living in Wood St in 1851

Seems it could be Hood St. And the name actually does look like GUILFLD.

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

There's an Eliza SIMMONS, 23 (b in County), F.S., in St John's Cottage: HO107/1111/11 fo 26 p 9

You'd need to make sure she doesn't appear anywhere inconsistent to be sure if she's yours or not.

Christine

[Velma Dinkley]

I think that is him, Jackie, because he described himself as a railway policeman on his marriage certificate living in Wood St. Many thanks for finding him, I've been looking for years, trying all different spellings

Thank you for locating Eliza, Elizabeth, I'll have a look at that image

... Another brick wall demolished by the members of Family Tree Forum!

[Jill on the A272]

Wood Street was close to the station and was demolished in the 1960s, the James Gray Collection mentions it

http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume25/source/jg_25_251.html

and there are some other photos of the general area before demolition, there's a search box on this page

http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/

[Velma Dinkley]

Thanks for that Jill. I've previously found a photo on the My Brighton & Hove site prior to demolition. It's sad that where they lived is now a car park, but the properties were getting quite dilapidated at that time.

I'm presently accessing the internet via a dongle and it just can't seem to cope with Ancestry right now. I'll be back home tomorrow, when I'll have a closer look at these census images