The sort of entry one yearns for

[Phoenix]

Here is Sarah Biddlecombe in 1851 in Portsmouth:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...cklabel=Return


She is with:
Elizabeth Price sister
Joseph Price brother
William Warn visitor
Daniel Long grandson.


In 1841 she was with Martha Biddlecombe - presumably her daughter?
Martha, daughter of Thomas married Daniel Shawyer Long in 1846:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/reco...2F00112764%2F2



Armed with Thomas's name, I looked for the marriage of a Thomas Biddlecombe to a Sarah Price.


Here it is: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/reco...2F00109081%2F2


1825, with William Warne as a witness!


So a single household proved her maiden name, gave clues to her daughter's marriage, and demonstrated that she was sufficiently close to one of the witnesses to remain in touch for a quarter of a century.


Such a shame this isn't my family!