Hi Diane, I found a marriage for Henry Dunn Woodey to Emma Maria Ann Cutress(?) in 1869 where Henry's occupation is as a Lighterman and his father is noted as Thomas Woodey deceased. the marriage took place at St. Andrew by the Wardrobe in London July 25th 1869. This marriage seems to fit with the Henry Dunn Woodey you found with the father called Thomas the bargeman? Did your own Henry have a wife called Emma do you know? I have found in the 1841 census what must be the same Henry Woodey as in the marriage above, and most likely the same person as you say you have found consistently in the census. His father is Thomas Woodey a Bargeman mother Martha. But in the 1841 census this Henry is only aged 4 so born about 1837 or so not 1812, you say your Henry Wm. Dunwoody was baptised in 1812 son of John & Sarah. In this entry I can see no middle name of Dunn as you say you have found. Other children's name in this family are Thomas 10, Alfred 7, Emily 9, Eliza 5. Both the father Thomas and his wife Martha say they were not born in the county in which they were living at the time of this cenus, i.e. Oxfordshire where they are at Henley on Thames, though the children are all shown as yes they were born in Oxon. The ref. for this 1841 entry is HO107 piece 874 book/ED 4 colio 35 page 25 I have seen the 1861 entry for Henry Dunwoody born about 1817 with a wife called Catherine who have a son called Henry William aged 12, so born about 1849, and who are living the North West of England, at Everton Lancashire, which matches what you say of your Henry William senior, in the 1851 census, and who you say was baptised little Marlow 1812 son of John and Sarah. Henry Dunwoody the father in the 1861 entry I found is a Coachman and was born Marlow Buckinghamshire, the ref. for this entry is RG9 piece 2720 folio 11 page 19 In the 1861 I did find a Heny Dunn Woodey aged 20, so born about 1840, born in Oxfordshire. His mother is Martha which matches with the above 1841 census entry where the father is Thomas. But in the 1861 the mother Martha has re.married to a James Well and Henry Dunn Woodey is noted as his son in law, meaning stepson. this Henry Dunn Woodey has the occupation of Lighterman App.(rentice). The Mother Martha is shown as born in Buckinghamshire. they are living at Christchurch Southwark, Surrey. Henry is indexed on Ancestry as Henry Dem Woodey. The ref for this 1861 entry is RG9 piece 312 folio 21 page 50. So you can see from this that there are two famlies with a son Henry and the surname Dunn Woodey or Dunwoody. they do not seem to tie up at all apart from the elder Henry Dunwoody in the 1861 entry above born about 1817 being born in Bucks. at Marlow. Maybe your Henry William Dunwoody born about 1812 had a brother Thomas who married Martha and both of them had sons called Henry. You would need to search the parish registers for Marlow perhaps to see if you can find baptisms for John and any siblings including a Thomas, and if that fails for Hedsor and then maybe Sunbury which is where you say your Henry William variously says he was born. I don't know if I have helped at all but perhaps you can see something here that will make you think and get you started moving again on the Dunwoody family. Regards Jenny DeAngelis << Hello,My mysterious gt gt Grandfather Henry William DUNWOODY was baptised in Little Marlow in 1812, the son of John, (transcribed as William, but I have seen the original and it's Jno), and Sarah. He then disappears from view to reappear in the North West in 1851. On the censuses, he lists his birthplace as Hedsor, then Marlow and then Sunbury in Middlesex. This coupled with his stating his father's occupation as Master Mariner makes me wonder if his father was a bargeman. Dunwoody is a very unusual surname in the South of England and I have found a family in Wooburn, (very close to both Marlow and Hedsor) who may be related, but I cannot find a definate link to my Henry.On the 1841 census in Henley is a family of WOODEYS who have the middle name Dunn, (Henry Dunn WOODEY shows up repeatedly). The father Thomas is a bargeman. It may be coincidence, but leads are so thin with this ancestor that I would like to ask the board if they have info on bargemen in the South of England or Woodeys, Dunwoodys and all its variants.RegardsDiane>>