Hello Gloucester Listers I am trying to trace my husbands great grandfather x2 Alfred/Martin Samuels. He makes only one official appearance (Martin Samuells) and that is in the 1881 Census for Claines, Worcester where it states he was born in Cardiff and is aged 42. His wife is Matilda (Barnes) born in Cheltenham 2/10/1849. They have one child Sydney born (Sidney Barnes Martin) 15/11/1876 in Claines. We can trace Matildas parents marriage in the parish church in Cheltenham in March 1849 and their deaths in 1882. 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. By the 1891 Census Matilda is a widow. He appears as Martin on Sidney's birth certificate and on the two subsequent children's birth certificates. However, on Sidney's marriage certificate it just states 'deceased' under' Father's Name' and on his daughters marriage certificate is states 'Alfred Samuels Deceased. Also when Matilda dies in Kent in 1917 she is described as 'widow of Alfred Samuels'. Recently with guidance I found an Alfred Samuels aged 13 in the 1851 Wales Census living with his parents James and Keziah Samuels (both aged 32) and three other siblings. On Family History online the name has been transcribed as Samuell and on Ancestry. co as Sanvell It gives the birth county for Alfred and his parents as Gloucestershire! So can anybody help with the birth /marriage of James and Keziah and the birth of Alfred Samuels in Gloucestershire. Thanking you Wendy Samuels