I am struggling to locate Charlotte Jane DALRYMPLE in the 1861 and 1871 censuses, and her parents' marriage, about 1850. What I know: My great grandmother Emily Charlotte WILSON's birth certificate (1877) gives her parents' names as William Henry Wiggins WILSON and Charlotte Jane WILSON formerly DALRYMPLE. For 1881, see RG11/319 folio 37 page 67 For 1891, see RG12/123 folio 18 page 26 For 1901, see RG13/140 folio 45 page 81 The parents' marriage took place earlier in 1877 at Pancras register office. Charlotte's surname was given as DALRAMPLE on that occasion, age 24, spinster, daughter of Robert DALRAMPLE, cabinet maker. Charlotte's birth certificate shows her birth 6 July 1853, at 9 New Union Street, Cripplegate, daughter of Robert DALRYMPLE (wood carver) and Elizabeth, formerly BLACKMAN. There is a matching baptism, found through ancestry.co.uk, at St Bartholomew, Moor Lane. The details are identical. Other scraps: an undertaker's bill dated 1855 for Miss Elizabeth Dalrymple, aged 8 weeks, addressed to Mr Dalrymple (undertaker's address Wardour Street, Soho). I imagine another child of the same parents. What I'd like to know: I've tried various searches on both Ancestry and FindMyPast, and cannot find Charlotte Jane DALRYMPLE in either the 1861 or 1871 censuses. Nor can I positively identify her parents in the censuses from 1851 to 1871 (but see some possibilities below). Nor can I find her parents' marriage (Robert DALRYMPLE and Elizabeth BLACKMAN), about 1850. (I've tried FreeBMD, and searched the GRO index books myself in the past.) Possible anwers: There are some possible census matches for Robert DALRYMPLE: 1871: RG10/353 fol 35 pg 16: lodger, unmarried, age 40, wood carver, born St Pancras 1861: RG9/60 fol 80 pg 13: married, age 33, wood carver, born London, wife Charlotte, no children 1851: HO107/1493 fol 714 pg 8: unmarried, age 25, ornamental carver, born London I'm not sure these are (a) the same person (b) relevant, since none match the details I have that well. (He is perhaps baptised All Souls, Langham Place, July 19, 1829) I also haved wondered about Elizabeth WATERS (widow) and her daughter Charlotte J WATERS - at (RG10/372 folio 96 page 13 in 1871) because: (a) matching mother/daughter names; (b) the existence of various letters/documents relating to them dated about the time of Elizabeth's death in 1875 in the same accumulation as the undertaker's bill mentioned above. There is an envelope addressed to "Miss Waters", so that certainly appears to be Charlotte's common surname in 1875. Also, no marriage between Elizabeth DALRYMPLE or BLACKMAN and WATERS in FreeBMD. So perhaps a red herring. Paul -- Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire