Background Henri Auguste MENEREAU was born in France (not too surprisingly! :)) ) about 1860. I have no idea eactly where so his parentage will remain unknown. I'm not sure when he arrived in England but he was certainly here by 1886 when he married either Maria Victoria TANQUERAY or Mary Ann WRIGHT. My feeling is he married Maria Victoria. I've found Henri in the 1891 census but no sign of his wife. He's an hotel keeper's clerk boarding at 113, Euston Street, St Pancras and says he's married. I cannot find him in the 1901 census but he may have been visiting family in France. He appears in the 1911 census with 6 of his 7 children (one having died) but with a wife called Hannah and claiming to have been married 18 years making a marriage date of about 1893. I know which child he lost: Alice Rachel H age 1. I've not been able to find this marriage. The eldest son, Reginald (bc 1895), has either not been registered or has been missed off the GRO index. He would appear to be Hannah's son and there don't appear to have been any children from Henri's 1886 marriage. I've had a ferret on Ancestry's London Parishes at the library without success but it's possible the birth was registered in the City of Westminster as Henri's second son was registered in Kensington. The third and subsequent children were all registered in St Pancras but their baptisms are there either. It's quite likely they were Roman Catholic but there's nothing coming up on the non conformist BMD Registers. This is a new discovery so I haven't had a chance to get any certificates as yet. Questions: Can anyone identify Henri's first wife and what happened to her? Can anyone find his apparent second marriage to Hannah and who she was? Can anyone locate Reginald's birth? At the moment, I'm stumped, so any help would be much appreciated. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/