On 14 Sep 2008 at 10:16, Betty Lark wrote: > Hello Listers, James DUDLEY m.31 Aug. 1877 Lidlington, Bdf. Elizabeth > Mary Ann BOWLER. >From the 1881/1901 Census it says James DUDLEY was > born Marston, Bdf. (abt.1853) this couple had 8 children Joseph 1878, > Annie 1880, James 1883, William 1888, Walter 1890, Gertrude 1891, > Charles 1895, Salome 1897. > > Please can anyone advise where James DUDLEY was baptised as he does > not appear in Marston. Remember baptism in church (or otherwise) was not compulsory and (from the Religious census of 1851) only about a third or so of the population actually attended any place of worship. In Beds, Methodism was strong, so was Baptist membership, in some places a lot stronger than the Church of England.