Hi all, New to the list and looking for some help piecing together my husband's family. I have Stephen GOLDING b 7 Oct 1891 Eastbourne, d 1961 Gilling West, Richmond, N Yorks. 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. TIA Louise (Researching Golding, Goldsbrough, Bell, Stockdale)

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. > > >