I am trying to make a connection between a Robert GOODERSON baptised 26 MAR 1787 in Beeston next Mileham, Norfolk the son of Thomas GOODERSON and Phoebe SWINGELL, and one that is in London at least the 1820's onwards, or failing that they are connected, where else they fit in. In London (St. Marylebone) I have a marriage between Robert GOODERSON and Ann HAWLETT (or possibly HAMLETT) in January 1820 with witnesses John THOMPSON and Mary CROOK. In London I have a set of four children with a father Robert GOODERSON (Painter, bookseller) (who died sometime before 1855 - deceased on one of the marriage certificates) and a mother Ann (born 1797 in Swaffham, Norfolk) appearing as follows: 1) Thomas Youngman GOODERSON (artist, portrait painter), born about 1821 (married Emily WESTWOOD in June 1845 and died in Paris in 1859) 2) Robert GOODERSON (Artist, print labourer, print colourer, letter carrier GPO), born about 1825 (married Emily EVANS in Dec 1846) 3) Eliza GOODERSON, born about 1831 (married Frederick HARRISON (Printer, compositor) in July 1855) 4) Harriot GOODERSON, born date unknown (married John CUTHBERT (Soldier) in September 1849). This is possibly a Harriet baptised in St. Marylebone in 1822 but the father's profession does not seem to match. I have not been able to find any census entries for this person to determine real age. 5) Maria GOODERSON (Milliner, born about 1831 married William Thomas HIBBS (Distiller) in July 1864) 6) James GOODERSON (Letter carrier, sorter, paper keeper money order office GPO), born 1837 (married Esther Jane JERMEY) I would note that all the names above fit with names used by the known family in Norfolk. I have failed to find any of these in census entries prior to the 1861 census, and I have no baptism entries, apart from the possibility mentioned above, and these would be the key to linking them back to Norfolk. I would love to have baptisms for any of the above, or any entries for them in the 1841 census or 1851 census, as these would help prove a connection with Norfolk. regards Keith Drage Swindon UK