Hello All My interest is in Ann Goatcher. Her husband was Charles Gilbert born 8 May 1814 in Burpham, W Sussex. I have yet to find their marriage. They had 9 children including Clara Kate Goatcher Gilbert baptised 13 May 1861 in Clapham. If any one can help me with the baptism of Ann and her marriage to Charles Gilbert I would be most grateful. Many thanks Trina

Hi Trina Your Ann is a poser! As you probably know the IGI and VRI have no Goatcher / Gilbert marriage; nor does the Sussex Marriage Index which contains most pre-1837 Sussex marriages. I have a large database of Goacher (and variants) entries - some 15,000 - which includes marriages post-1837 from many Sussex parishes. I don't have any specific Goatcher / Gilbert marriage. Do you know when Charles & Ann started their family? Was Clara Kate their first child? The GRO Marriage index contains 10 marriages for Ann Goacher (or variants) from the start of registration in 1837 and before 1861. Only 3 of these are in the south of England. One, in 1840, I can positively identify. The other two are: 1856 Jun Qtr / Ann Goatcher / Worthing 2b 417 1860 Jun Qtr / Anne Goatcher / Worthing 2b 448 I don't know whether either of these might be the marriage you are looking for, but Clapham was in the Worthing Registration District. If you CAN find Ann's father's name, and perhaps her age, from a marriage entry then I can probably give you details of her baptism and family. I have many 'unmarried off' Anns in my database, but with records for nearly 70 Anns I need a bit more to work on! Best wishes for the hunt. Roger Goacher Guild of One Name Studies Member 2839 Seeking any information anywhere on the surname Goacher and variants www.goacher.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Petrina Miliam" <Petrina@miliam.freeserve.co.uk> To: <GOACHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 20 January 2002 14:24 Subject: Ann Goatcher > Hello All > > My interest is in Ann Goatcher. Her husband was Charles Gilbert born 8 May 1814 in Burpham, W Sussex. I have yet to find their marriage. They had 9 children including Clara Kate Goatcher Gilbert baptised 13 May 1861 in Clapham. If any one can help me with the baptism of Ann and her marriage to Charles Gilbert I would be most grateful. > > Many thanks > Trina > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >