Good morning/afternoon Everyone.
I have started my research on this line of my family.
To start with...
I have Charles TOOGOOD born 1816 Gillingham Dorset his parents Benjamin TOOGOOD & Susannah GANE.
Benjamin & Susannah married 1816 Gillingham Dorset, Susannah was about 6 mths pregnant when she married Benjamin.
Charles married Clarissa SANDERS in 1845 Southampton Hampshire, his surname was registered as SMITH occupation Mason, his Father is registered as Benjamin occupation Miller.
Most of Charles & Clarissa's children were baptised in Southampton as TOOGOOD, but for some reason they all kept the SMITH surname.
Can anyone help me in solving the reason of the name changes through out the 1800's.
One idea well my idea that Susannah was pregnant to a SMITH & for some reason Benjamin TOOGOOD married her.
Has anyone come across a Benjamin SMITH occupation Miller in Gillingham Dorset in the early 1800's, I have searched every where.
Hope I have explained myself properly.
Take care
Regards Ann
New South Wales Australia