Anne, That's very interesting about William Belding-in the 1861 census, he is the only Belding family member I can find apart from John Belding, and he is transcribed Beldon, married and staying in a publican's house in Boston. William Belding aged 2, in 1861, was living with William Belding & his wife Lucy Belding, nee Walker, shown as his grandparents. This William, on the census of 1861 is shown aged 2, born Middlesex, NK. Does that mean Not known? I have found a William Belding, registered as being born in St. Luke Middlesex in the June qtr of 1859. This is the Holborn area. of London. Certainly William was in Ashley Down orphanage on 1871 census, now I know how he got there. There is a William Belding dying in Holbeach RD in 1865, which could be William's grandfather. Ashley Down has a website and orphan records can be sent for, http://www.mullers.org/ and this thread on Rootschat is also useful http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,326423.30.html William & Lucy were the parents of John Walker Belding, and they live in Long Sutton, so come under Holbeach Union. In 1862, both John Walker Belding & Mary Belding were living, that is if he was their son, but he must have been a son of one of them at least. ThanksJohn > From: duncalf@one-name.org > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:31:33 +0100 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Pareents die leaving children as orphans > > Her death isn't in the Boston Workhouse death registers, 1866 is covered but > not yet on FMP as I have to have all the early deaths checked again. They've > been messed about with on my computer and I can't be certain that some of > them haven't been corrupted. > > There are several Beldings on the 1813-1900 Burials CD Vol 5 - all at Long > Sutton or Tydd, but not Mary. Perhaps she will turn up in the Boston > Cemetery Burials - these are being compiled at the moment but it will be > some time before they are published. They are available on microfiche but we > are re-checking and adding extra information for the CD. > > Aha! I just looked at Holbeach Workhouse Minutes vol. 3 where there is > mention in 1862 of a William Belding, orphan (an orphan only had to have > lost one parent) and an orphanage in Bristol! But that is the only mention > of Belding in the whole book. Nothing at all in volumes 2 or 4. In fact, > there are quite a few references to the "New Orphan Houses" Ashley Down > Bristol in the book. They seem to be sending more than one child there. > > Anne > > Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society > > Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 > > http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html > > Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index > > http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ > > Lincolnshire Family History Society > > http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message