Thank you, Sue. Another useful piece of information.
Well its probably the ususal thing, moving to where the work was. Maybe he saw it as a way to a better life in London.
For the life of me I can't find Rachel in 1841, have you found her, was trying to find when William Cooper may have died, but no luck there either.
Would you like any other marriage lookups.
Actually there is one more marriage which would be helpful - John Butcher to Amy. First child born in Walpole c1829, the other 12 (!) born in Holton. Thanks for offerring.
Sue - thank you for that and all your other help this evening.