I have recently found this forum and have already picked up several useful tips while lurking which have helped my researches. I wonder whether anyone can help me with this problem.
My grandfather Charles Gayton was aged 5 in the 1881 census (RG11 0346/27 page 32) shown as born Clerkenwell and living there with his parents, Edmund Gayton and Caroline Gayton (nee Hart). However I can’t find a birth registration for him in the GRO index under Gayton or Hart.
Edmund and Caroline are shown as husband and wife in the census but appear to have actually married Dec qtr 1884 in St Saviours, Southwark, which would have been far enough away from their actual residence to avoid comment from the neighbours. lol. The marriage happened in the same quarter as the death of Edmund’s mother, Ann, which might be an explanation for the delay. Edmund’s first wife, Emma, died in 1871 and so wouldn’t have been a hindrance and Caroline does not appear to have married before.
Charles was their only child so I wonder whether he could have been adopted.
I would be grateful for any thoughts on possible avenues for research
Robert
My grandfather Charles Gayton was aged 5 in the 1881 census (RG11 0346/27 page 32) shown as born Clerkenwell and living there with his parents, Edmund Gayton and Caroline Gayton (nee Hart). However I can’t find a birth registration for him in the GRO index under Gayton or Hart.
Edmund and Caroline are shown as husband and wife in the census but appear to have actually married Dec qtr 1884 in St Saviours, Southwark, which would have been far enough away from their actual residence to avoid comment from the neighbours. lol. The marriage happened in the same quarter as the death of Edmund’s mother, Ann, which might be an explanation for the delay. Edmund’s first wife, Emma, died in 1871 and so wouldn’t have been a hindrance and Caroline does not appear to have married before.
Charles was their only child so I wonder whether he could have been adopted.
I would be grateful for any thoughts on possible avenues for research
Robert
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