Hello Bettye. Thanks very much for the info. By chance yesterday I found a Jane Golding -widow-aged 91 on the 1881 census. I am feeling pretty sure that she is the same Jane as you found. I also think that there is a strong possibility of her and her husband William being the parents of George Gowland Golding. My optimisim is returning now!. I had gotten so fed up with not knowing which way to turn next. I now have new areas to explore. Happy New Year.Madeleine.--I expect to be posting on the list again soon!

Dear Madeleine, The List will welcome you, I'm sure. Glad to be able to help. Gerry has suggested that William and Ralph might be the same person..... there is a death date of 1825 for a William that might be the William Gowland Golding who was baptised the year before. Perhaps William senior and Ralph were brothers. If you asked the Records Office at Haverfordwest for a copy of the parish register marriage entry, you could check the actual names and the Hutchings/Hitchings surname at the same time. I wonder where the Gowland name came from? I had a quick look in the 1881 census and whilst people of that name were scattered over a lot of the English counties there was a large proportion from Yorkshire and Durham. The Golding name was even more widely scattered over the counties, though there were a few from York and Durham.....I wonder if it was a coincidence that the Lodger at the home of Jane's widowed granddaughter was from Yorkshire. Bettye Kirkwood ----- Original Message ----- From: "MADELEINE BERKS" <m.berks@btopenworld.com> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:20 PM Subject: [WLS-PEM] Golding > Hello Bettye. Thanks very much for the info. By chance yesterday I found a Jane Golding -widow-aged 91 on the 1881 census. I am feeling pretty sure that she is the same Jane as you found. I also think that there is a strong possibility of her and her husband William being the parents of George Gowland Golding. My optimisim is returning now!. I had gotten so fed up with not knowing which way to turn next. I now have new areas to explore. Happy New Year.Madeleine.--I expect to be posting on the list again soon! > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Gareth's Help Page > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > >