Apologies, I got the church wrong for Alfred and Elizabeth Ann's marriage - I jumped to the wrong conclusion.
This is Ellen Bentall's baptism transcription that I relied on, but findmypast did not give the actual image.
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/recor...f902201072%2f1
And here is Alfred's in 1840
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/recor...f902201361%2f1
Elizabeth Ann's Will made on June 1, 1840 provides a bequest for Jane Caddy, so the one of interest must have been alive on that date.
I was not aware of this GRO service. Although this is a rather expensive and slow delivery service, I have ordered a copy of William Dyer Caddy's birth certificate, since I am impressed by the thread of connections that says his mother's maiden name was Ackland, that Elizabeth Ann had a sister at Stoke Damerel named Jane Caddy, and that the only Elizabeth Ann Ackland with a plausible baptism record may have had a mother whose maiden name was Dyer.
I am not too concerned about the 'carpenter' reference. If he died when she was 5 years old, she might easily have claimed a more dignified occupation for him than just 'servant'.
I checked the GRO for a death certificate for Elizabeth Ann Bentall at Stoke Damerel and found the record. Her age is given as 22, which ties in with a baptism in 1818.
There is also a death certificate for Alfred Bentall at Plymouth in 1840 which appears to state his age as 2 years, but one of the two findmypast transcripts gives it as '2 months' which .
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/recor...f518014316%2f1.
I am not sure of the protocols for death certificates in those days. Would you expect to see the names of other family members? I am inclined to wait and find out the names of William Caddy's parents before trying to get those death certificates.
The other potential source of information is the Interlocutory Decree and Admon granted May 1842. First I would like to find out what exactly is meant by that terminology.
Tim