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.