Dear Beryl,, If Mary's first child was born 1819 and she was born 1803, she was very young when she had him (16, maybe married at 15?) Did the age come from the 1841 census - you remember in that census, ages were rounded down to the nearest 5 years so she could have been born about the same time as Henry or a year or so later. There is a marriage of Henry Holmes, bachelor of this parish to Mary Susan Ogle spinster otp by licence on Feb 18, 1818 in St George Bloomsbury. Witnesses were James Ogle, William Holmes, Mary Holmes, another James Ogle and Sarah Ogle. Do these names tie up with any of the names given to the children of your Henry? Anne On 23 Oct 2011, at 00:33, Beryl O'Gorman wrote: > Henry Holmes, hairdresser and dressing case maker of 10 Mount St Grosvenor > Square London had his first known child, Henry, circa 1819. Henry born Great > Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1798. > > Wife's name was Mary. Birthplace Kingsbury Green MDX. Info we have is from > the Censuses. On the 1841 Census we have Mary at Kilburn with a new baby and > the younger children, Henry still in London with the older ones. My Brick > Wall is MARY'S MAIDEN NAME! A whole branch of the family that has never been > explored. She would have been born circa 1803. > Cheers > Beryl > > Beryl O'Gorman > Greensborough > Vic Australia >