>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, March 9, 1805; Issue 2706. MARRIED At St. George's, Hanover Square, Mr. Charles BOOKER, jun. of Guildford, Surrey, to Miss NEALES, of the same place.

My first thought was that this might refer to the Mr. Booker who built Booker's Tower in Guildford. A bit of rooting around in my books on old Guildford found that he was named Charles, had been Mayor three times, and, since a list of mayors included further earlier mentions of a Charles Booker, then our man would be known as Mr. Charles BOOKER, jun. His wife is said to have been named Harriet, and the family is buried in Holy Trinity churchyard, where their tomb still stands. There is also a memorial in Holy Trinity church. I agree with Chris W. that Miss NEALES may be a daughter of John NEALDS, but I don't see a baptism of a Harriet Neales (or variant). As she was said to be age 83 when she died in 1870, this would agree with a marriage (age 18 or so) in 1805. Nealds (maltster and brewer) and Booker (miller and corn merchant) were mayor in consecutive years, 1813 and 1814. Nealds had the Vintner's Arms at 58 (later 75) High Street, on the north side. (Maybe some will remember the building as Heneky's.) The Guildford CD, which Chris W. contributed to, does indeed contain more data relating to these families. Harriet appears to have been born in Farnham, but needs more research ... Best wishes, Chris Townsend ----- Original Message ----- From: <MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com> To: <eng-surrey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 10:06 PM Subject: [SRY] Marriage of BOOKER and NEALES ( 1805 ) >From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, March 9, 1805; Issue 2706. > > MARRIED > At St. George's, Hanover Square, Mr. Charles BOOKER, jun. of Guildford, > Surrey, to Miss NEALES, of the same place.