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I've seen this marriage certificate but find it confusing because William Hyde was born in 1849, 11 years before their marriage and both of them then died within two years of 1860?

Thank you! I found the 1851 census for Sophia Bilson on Ancestry, I hadn't seen that one before.

Just an update: It looks as though Cedric was Marian's nephew! He died in 2012 and it seems likely he still has immediate family in Essex. Thanks again!

Thank you Lesley!

Thank you Megan! This sounds like the right direction to look for any Huguenot connections. As for the James Hyde/Caroline Bilson lines, I'm still not even 100% sure these are the right people, the...

Thank you! I hadn't seen this before. The company director was listed as Cedric Francis Hodgkins and Marian's sister Ethel was married to a Henry Hodgkins, so I wonder if there was a connection there.

Hello! I'm very new to this site so please bear with me!

My great-grandfather was given up for adoption when he was a baby and I have been trying to track down his biological family for some time...