Stuck on SHERGOLD name c 1843

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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 21 Send Message	Ruth	Report	24 Jun 2003 22:20
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 21 Send Message	I have a copy of a marriage certificate for 1901 which provides the bride's father's name. However at the time of the marriage he was already dead. He was a seaman living probably in Itchen, Southampton Hampshire and was registered on the vessel "Solent" at 1881 census but I have no other information on him. Does anyone have any bright ideas on how to find more information on an individual with such little detail. I have loads of information on one of his daughters. Many thanks Ruth Touhey
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 184 Send Message	Monica	Report	24 Jun 2003 22:38
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 184 Send Message	Have you tried putting his name into the 1881 census?
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Crista	Report	25 Jun 2003 00:24
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Ruth, are you talking about Benjamin? There's a Benjamin Shirgold on the 1881 census born in 1843 in Southampton and who was an Able Bodied Seaman