Wonderful Kevin! This does indeed look promising, and the grandparents look like they are the ones I suspected them to be (but have not yet been able to confirm). I'll look into this further! Many thanks, Louise On 30 December 2013 22:44, Kevin Poile <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Louise, > > Could this be your man: > > > 1851 Census of Udimore - Class: *HO107*; Piece: *1634*; Folio: *600* > ; Page: *18* > > Family is transcribed as: but member correction to GOLDING > > > > James Goland 50 - Head - Miller's lab - born: Fairlight, Sussex > Ruth Goland 50 - Wife - - born: Brede > Elener Goland 28 - Daughter - - born: Fairlight, Sussex > Charles Goland 17 - Son - Age lab - born: Udimore, Sussex > John G Goland 12 - Son - Scholar - born: Udimore, Sussex > Stephen Goland 7 - Son - Scholar - born: Udimore, Sussex > James Goland 2 - Grandson - - born: Udimore > > > > 1891 census - Eastbourne, Sussex - Class: *RG12*; Piece: *773*; Folio: > *98*; Page: > > *23* > 1881 census - Eastbourne, Sussex - Ref: Class: *RG11*; Piece: *1038* > ; Folio: *151*; Page: > > > *40 (Birthplace: Udimer on Ancestry)* > Regards > > Kevin > > > > > On 30 December 2013 21:44, park louise <medionemeton@blueyonder.co.uk>wrote: > >> >> >> His father was James GOLDING b Q1 1849 Rye, Udimore, Sussex, ? d Q4 1897 >> Eastbourne, Sussex, m Q4 1878 Eastbourne, Sussex to Ruth SNOOK b 1852 >> Langport, South Somerset. >> >> I am trying to trace James' parents. >> >> I suspect that James' father is Robert GOLDING b 1821 or 1822 in Udimore, >> Sussex, who is recorded in the 1851 census in Hastings, Sussex as a groom >> at Bohemia St. However, there is no sign anywhere in the census (I have >> searched the whole census, not just locally) of James or of any wife to >> Robert. >> >> Anyone have any suggestions? I have even tried searching for them in the >> Scottish census as there are family stories of links to Scotland. This is >> my first time tackling the English system as almost all my own family are >> Scottish. >> >> >> >