I wonder if anyone has a connection please? I have a JAMES Attridge who married Isabella Lancefield who says on his marriage certificate dated 2 April 1877 that his father was SAMUEL ATTRIDGE a bootmaker and the marriage was at Gordon Square, Middlesex (London). I am having trouble finding James' birth certificate (1842-1844). All census' after his marriage say he was born in Chelmsford, Essex and the nearest I have got to a James born in Chelmsford is Great Baddow whose father was Simon a shoemaker. Simon and son James are in the 1861 census and I am very tempted to go along this line! If his father was SAMUEL ATTRIDGE I haven't found him with James on an earlier census so would appreciate it if anyone has any information on a SAMUEL ATTRIDGE. I have seen a Samuel Attridge marrying twice and living in Wanstead in 1881, but no mention of any children can I find. Thank you all in anticipation. Regards Frances McBride