Well done Terry, above and beyond the call of duty if I may say soNot asked for but I have some free time at last
Done a bit of research on this.
Edward Harding married Charlotte Roche in 1932 in Cork.
Charlotte was the daughter of John and Lydia Roche nee Abbott, who married in 1812 in Cork.
Charlotte, so she says, was born in Fermoy, Cork, Ireland c1814
John Roche was born in Cork c1784, he had been in the 58th Foot Soldiers at St. Anns Cork in 1805. Lydia had been born in Bath, Somerset c1794
After the death of Edward in 1870, Charlotte came over to England to live with her Widowed mother and her brother Edward.
They can be found on the 1871 census
Shorters Hill Road Blackheath Terrace, Greenwich, London
RG10
Piece number 760
Folio 33
Page 16
Lydia, Charlotte's mother died on the 17th June 1884 at Robertson Terrace, Hastings, she was 91. (in the papers) It reads ' the widow of the late J Roche, Cork'
Charlotte died at 13 Robertson Terrace on 13th February 1880, aged 66, cause of death Congestion on heart, kidneys and lungs. Widow of Edward Harding Artiest.
Irish birth registrations didn't start until 1864, which is a bit of a pain, so just parish records can be sought out.Edward and Charlotte had several children, but I've only picked this up from a marriage that took place in November 1874 about their 4th daughter. (can't find the birth registrations)

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