is it possible he abandoned his family and went off and married someone else - divorce was too expensive for most people so they just married again and hoped no-one would find out it was bigamous!  There is a marriage of a Henry Newton to possibly Susannah Broome at Basford Jun Qtr 1867.(see FreeBMD).  Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Nina Terry <enartee56@hotmail.com> To: "DERBYSGEN@rootsweb.com" <derbysgen@rootsweb.com> Cc: Sent: Monday, 31 December 2012, 17:58 Subject: [DBY] re Bringing home the lost and strayed Hi everyone I've been looking for some time for Henry NEWTON born June qtr 1844 in Draycott Derbyshire, son of George born 1815 Draycott and Elizabeth BOSWORTH born 1806 Derbyshire. The 1851 census shows Henry and brother John with father George, now a widower and farming 12 acres at Wilne. 1861, Henry and brother William are with father, now a butcher on High Road Beeston and remarried to Margaret CHADBURN born 1834 Mansfield. Henry's marriage certificate on 24 July 1865 shows he is a butcher and his wife to be Elizabeth SHIPSTONE b 1847 Basford. The couple are living on Plumtre Street Nottingham at the time if their marriage and Henry's father, George is now an Inn Keeper and in 1881 he is a Beerkeeper at Backmoor, Norton, Derbys. This is the last sighting of Henry that I can find although the 1871 shows his wife is living with her two children John Henry born 1865 (my grandfather) and Mary Elizabeth age 5 months and her mother Ann SHIPSTON on Lincoln Street Basford The children, surname recorded as SHIPSTONE in 1881 appear with their grandmother Ann in Basford whilst their mother Elizabeth is an Officer at Unon Workhouse, York Street Nottingham, occupation given as nurse of imbeciles and unmarried. I haven't found a divorce, death or any positive census record after 1865 so where are you Henry? Thanks for the opportunity to post this and wishing all a Happy and fruitful New Year Regards Nina                         ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message