Thanks for this, Chris. Poor Mary. Married such a short time, then replaced so quickly. And thanks, Michael, for the death reports of all the Charles Bookers. Best wishes, Chris Townsend ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Willis" <chris.willis@Web-Hq.com> To: <eng-surrey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [SRY] Marriage of BOOKER and NEALES ( 1805 ) > Hi Chris > > 'fraid not. > > Harriet as you say came from Farnham and was married to Charles there 9th > of > Sept 1807 (West Surrey FHS Surrey Marriage Index). It wd seem that Miss > Neales was Mary wife of Charles, jun buried at St Mary 9th Jan 1806 (no > age > given?). There is suitable Nealds/Guildford baptism: 28 Nov 1781 Mary dau > of > John Nealds at St Mary. There is no alternative Mary Neales in the right > time frame at Guildford. > > The rest is very probably right. > > Is the 9th in each case significant? - a required period of mourning? I > suppose the gentry cd afford to make other arrangements in the mean time. > > regards - Chris Willis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Townsend <chris@johntownsend.demon.co.uk> > Date: 14 November 2009 17:20 > Subject: Re: [SRY] Marriage of BOOKER and NEALES ( 1805 ) > >>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> >>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.