Thanks Charani for your invitation (& for all your hard work). I'm posting my worst 'brick wall' though I doubt the answer lies within Surrey - but perhaps SKS can help. I'm seeking early life & marriage of my g-g-g-grandmother Martha Baker (nee Mathison/Meachin/Meakin/??). She died in 1856 in Winchester 'aged 59' (ie b.1797), widow of Harry Baker, pipe-maker (of St John St) and mother of 5 sons (4 of them pipe-makers) & 6 daughters (most 'in service' with good families). Her earliest known child was born in 1815 in Southampton & the last in 1839 in Winchester. Her birth surname is given as Meachin on her youngest's birth certificate (by a neighbour) and Mathison on same daughter's (Scottish) marriage & death certificates. The other children are pre-1837 & the St John's parish registers omit 'extra' information. Her age/birthplace are given as '50y/N' in 1841 census and '60y/London, Middlesex' in 1851 (ie b.1791). Harry is known to have been baptised in 1780 in Chatham & his apprenticeship to Geo.Birchall was completed by 1804. His census answers were '60y/N' in 1841 and '72y/Chatham' in 1851; he died in Winchester in 1854 'aged 77'. But his whereabouts between 1804 & 1815 are unknown. So when/where did they marry? & who were her parents/siblings? (I'm almost certain that the 1804 Harry Baker/Martha Millington marriage at St George, Hanover Sq & the twins baptised in August 1811 at St Andrew, Holborn (parents Harry & Martha Baker) are red herrings, and also wonder whether there might be a St Mary-le-bone connection) As you can see, not really Surrey, but I do enjoy this list! 'Happy hunting' to all Surrey posters (& readers) in 2013!