I started looking for Whiteley's which is my Great Grandmothers maiden name and Goodchild which was the maiden name of my Great Great Grandmother. Thankfully, Mum had recently visited a newly found cousin and discovered that Her Grandmother (Nans older sister Lily) was a Wakeling. This is a bit of a puzzle as she is only a year older. When I started looking I found them under Whiteley in the 1881 census, this is even more odd as the census was only 5 weeks after the birth of Lily who we know was a Wakeling. I also found most of the siblings were registered as Wakeling at birth other than Nan (Violet) and her sister Ivy. It also appears that the too older boys were married as Whiteley's!!!  A puzzle we will never have an answer to.

I have found some very helpful people when searching the Wakeling and Goodchild lines and some very kind people who do free searched on certain areas.  Much of the information is possably not on here yet it is still being checked over and will be added when I have confirmed information. While waiting for birth amd marriage certificates and a trip to London to look at records, it has expanded beyond recognition usung the internet much information prior to 1837 is unchecked, the rest has been double checked on free sites (although these have some interesting mistakes) in the UK and US.

Names in brackets are either nicknames or alternative spellings.  

I hope you find here what you are looking for if you find a mistake please contact me and comments in my guestbook are most welcome

Thanks Karen

Many thanks to Dennis Wakeling, Peter Brand, Brian Weyda, Yvonne Cooper, and many more