Thanks for the suggestions folks. I had found the possibly marriage to John Byrne in West Derby in 1877 and discounted it as too far from Portsmouth to be reasonable (the names were fairly common -- could be a coincidence, etc.). Thanks so much for suggesting it, David, because now things are beginning to click together. I recently found Goergina's aunt, Ann Perryman, working as a cook in West Derby in the 1881 census. In 1861 Ann Perryman was the licensed victualler at the Mitre Tavern, Alverstoke, and Georgina's family were living at the tavern. By 1871 Georgina was a bar maid at the Mitre and Ann had moved into private service as a cook for a family in Portsea. By 1881 Ann's in West Derby cooking at a parsonage. Georgina could have gone to West Derby to work a job Ann got for her and married there, ending up back in Portsmouth harbor for the 1881 census. Looks like I may have to break down and buy a marriage certificate for this one. Is there any place I can check to see whether John Byrne or Georgina Byrne are in India between 1882 and 1891? Her son, Reginald J. Byrne (born about 1883), is in England in 1891 and 1901, living first with Georgina's parents (1891), then Georgina's sister and husband (1901). Thanks, Pam Perryman Eugene, Oregon