Hi list, Is there anybody researching this Dorset family, in the 1871 census for 56 Gotts corner Sturminster Newton, Emanuel FUDGE Head 59 labourer Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Elizabeth do Daug 30 Glover " Sarah do " 22 " " Emanuel do Son 20 Ag Lab " Matilda do Gd daug 12 Scholar " Ann do Gd daug 9 " " Arthur do Gd son 4 " " William do Gd son 3 ---- " Emanuel's wife was Maria nee GREEN b c 1812 Ransome, Dorset. William there grandson & son of Sarah Ann was my grandfather he married 1896 Annie Beatrice Ellen Lane b 1879 Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Sarah Ann went on to have 11 children in total all have no known father! but I believe a Frederick KING b abt 1829 could have been the father to some if not all, he was very close to the FUDGE family through the years. The other grandchildren were Elizabeth's, she married 1876 a Daniel J Foot b c 1842 Sturminster, Dorset.