Hello Wendy, There is nothing on the Gloucestershire Marriage Index 1800-1837 for any male SAMUEL/S. The only marriage for a female SAMUEL/S is that of a Sylvia SAMUEL married by banns on 4 March 1804 at Newnham to a William DAVIS. There is a marriage on the GRO Index in the Dec qtr 1876 at Cheltenham of a Matilda Ann BARNES but there is no corresponding entry for a Martin/Alfred SAMUEL/L/S. This entry in FreeBMD does not have a groom's name entered. I can't find another Matilda BARNES on the 1871 census with a Cheltenham connection, so I wonder if your Alfred/Martin married under another name. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard" <[email protected]> To: "Gloucester" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: [GLS] Samuels/Barnes > Hello Gloucester Listers > > I am trying to trace my husbands great grandfather x2 Alfred/Martin > Samuels. We know that Matilda was still single > in the 1871 Census but we cannot find any trace of Martin & Matilda's > marriage, his birth or death record.