Please can someone help. Edward READ 1810-1888 Occ. Blacksmith m. 27 Dec. 1849 Aspley Guise, Bdf. Lydia HOPKINS Question please can someone check if Edward READ was a Widower at this marriage? Also there daughter Caroline READ m.June Q.1887 but on FreeBMD there is no corresponding name for the Groom. Any help would be much appreciated. Regards Betty Lark, Richmond, Nelson, NZ

Based on the following you could say with some confidence that Edward Read was a widower when he married Lydia Hopkins and she was either a widow or had an illegitimate child. According to Ancestry.com the 1841 Census for Aspley Guise, dist 5 page 2 there is an Edward Reed age 30 Blacksmith and in his household there is: Sarah age 35 Charlotte age 6 William age 3 Mary age 8 months The 1851 Census shows Edward Read with wife Lydia age 36, household includes: Charlotte age 18 daughter William age 12 son Mary age 10 daughter James age 7 son James Hopkins age 7 son in law Findmypast.com burials has a Sarah Read age 46 buried on 28 Dec 1847 in Aspley Guise On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:48 AM, Betty Lark <larknelson@ts.co.nz> wrote: > Please can someone help. > > Edward READ 1810-1888 Occ. Blacksmith m. 27 Dec. 1849 Aspley Guise, Bdf. > Lydia HOPKINS Question please can someone check if Edward READ was a > Widower at this marriage? > > Also there daughter Caroline READ m.June Q.1887 but on FreeBMD there is no > corresponding name for the Groom. > > Any help would be much appreciated. > Regards Betty Lark, Richmond, Nelson, NZ > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >