Hi Ruth, The StaffsBMD site also has the following marriages: It looks like Mary Biddulph was formerly Mary Beech, or vice versa: Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1874 SurnameForename(s)SurnameForename(s)Church / Register OfficeRegisters AtReference ONIONS *Edwin/BEECHMary/Biddulph, St LawrenceStaffordshire Moorlands4C/2/400 ONIONS *Edwin/BIDDULPHMary/Biddulph, St LawrenceStaffordshire Moorlands4C/2/400 Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1863 SurnameForename(s)SurnameForename(s)Church / Register OfficeRegisters AtReference BIDDULPHJoseph/BROWNMary/Stoke, St PeterStoke-On-Trent31/14/217 A Joseph Biddulph died in 1876 at Audley, so maybe he and Mary were "separated" as this was 2 years after Mary married. Assuming they are the same people! There were also: Sarah Allsop m Joseph Pitwell, Newcastle St James, 1875 Sarah Pitwell m Thos H Burton Christchurch, Tunstall, 1880 These may or may not be connected. Also, Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1878 SurnameForename(s)SurnameForename(s)Church / Register OfficeRegisters AtReference ONIONS *Edwin/KEAYSarah/Newchapel, St JamesNewcastle-Under-LymeC24/1/408 ONIONS *Edwin/HAWKINSSarah/Newchapel, St JamesNewcastle-Under-LymeC24/1/408 This could be his 1881 census wife! All conjecture, food for thought! Best wishes, Keith