Hallo I'm trying to find out whether William GOACHER married twice and if so whether it was to an Ellen both times. There's a possible marriage in the Sept qtr of 1874 to an Ellen RICHARDSON in St Geo H Sq reg district in London. There is a Sarah E RICHARDSON lodging with William in Hove in the 1881 census who /may/ be Ellen's mother. There's another marriage for a William GOACHER in the the June qtr of 1894 in Horsham reg district. An Ellen STREETER also married in the same qtr and district and death of an Ellen (age 42) in the March qtr of 1897 in the same reg district. The age given matches with that given in the censuses. It's crossed my mind that William married Ellen RICHARDSON in London, she became ill and was in an asylum or hospital and he didn't wait for her to die before remarrying. I may be wrong but I would like to be sure. I know I could buy the certificates but that is costly and the GOACHERs are in laws of my 1C3R. I've tried FMP, FreeREG and FamilySearch. There's no OPC for Brighton or Horsham. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/

Connie, Often we try to weave stories around the facts. A certificate would help, but may simply disprove your theory. All you can do is look at all likely William Goacher entries in the various censuses and see if there is another possibility. I'd suggest you look closely at birthplaces. Are the two Ellen's born in the same place? You might also check any submitted trees for William Goacher. Perhaps somebody has already solved the problem. Peter

Peter R Booth wrote: > Connie, > > Often we try to weave stories around the facts. A certificate would > help, but may simply disprove your theory. > > All you can do is look at all likely William Goacher entries in the > various censuses and see if there is another possibility. > > I'd suggest you look closely at birthplaces. Are the two Ellen's born in > the same place? > > You might also check any submitted trees for William Goacher. Perhaps > somebody has already solved the problem. Hallo Thank you for your reply. It appears there were two different Williams who both married Ellens. Roger GOACHER put me straight. I will look at the trees on Ancestry and use them as guide to possibilities. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/