it's a wild shot, but you might try Tildman/Tyldman/Tyldeman. seems I've seen that spelling in the very distant past. and what if a transcriber mistook the y for ij? or g? if the handwriting's especially flowery or especially bad, that's a possibility. try dingbats in place of the vowels, and try partial name searching if you haven't done that yet. BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } On Fri 08/27/10 12:33 PM , "Brian Lummis" lummis@btinternet.com sent: Colin Gooch wrote: > His marriage cert (1904, Rochford) gives his age as 30 (probably an > approximation) and his father as Robert, a gardener. > Searching all the possible Robert Tydemans in the census records > (1861-1901) lead me to Robert Tydeman in Mickfield as a the most likely > contender, but there are others outside Suffolk. > The William you mention is listed as the son of Jesse so I think this is > not a likely option. Colin Not so quick this time ! Your date of birth looks right as his death is on FreeBMD in the Jan-Mar quarter 1909 in the Rochford District and age is given as 35. Did you notice a possible son, Horace C Tydeman age 2 in the 1911 census who was being looked after as a Nurse Child and not with his mother and then died in July-Sept quarter 1919 aged 10. There is a Emma Tydeman, widow who was a servant working in Southend in 1911 - is that the wife of Robert on the marriage certificate or am I trying to get 2 and 2 to make 5! There is also a Jane Tydeman on the 1911 census, widow age 71 who could have been the mother of Robert as she is living in Prittlewell,Southend. She was born in Paddington and I have traced her back through the census but there is no sign of a Robert with her. Not much to go on and I now appreciate your problem. Regards Brian ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com [2] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] mailto:ch.gooch@ntlworld.com [2] mailto:SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com