Marriage after banns 2 Aug 1840 St John the Evangelist, Lambeth William Backhouse of full age, bachelor, Coach Smith, Newton, father John Backhouse Coach Smith Eliza Daniell of full age, spinster ?Shed/Sheel , father John Daniell Coach maker both signed witnesses John Daniell, Rosetta Heafond ? Heassond? Anne South Australia I Thompson wrote: > > Dear list, > > I am a new member and am interested - on behalf of a friend - in the name BACKHOUSE in St Giles in the > Fields, Finsbury, London and Benhall, Suffolk. > > William BACKHOUSE was christened in Benhall in 1817, I believe, and is found in the censuses for Little > Wild St., St Giles, London in 1851-1871 (confirming the place of birth and with age fitting). I am yet to > find him in 1841 but he married in Lambeth in 1840 to Eliza DANIELL, so would have been resident in or > around, I am pretty sure. > > There are a number of people on Ancestry interested in this name with whom I have been in touch - and who > seem to have information from the IGI or similar sources going back to a 1714 christening of Robert > BACKHOUSE in Yoxford. > > I would be grateful to hear from anybody interested in the name or who might be able to help, with whom I > can put my friend in touch. > > Yours, > > Ian Thompson > > Bromley > > London. > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message >