Born at Timsbury, Somerset, baptised 19 Feb 1828, William Henry Dudden, son of William Dudden and Maria Parsons. 1841, 1851 censuses, he was living at Wallmead, Timsbury. Married 2 Oct 1851 in Bristol to Bessie Sherborne Coombs. 3 eldest children born at Paulton, Somerset (2 miles from Timsbury), then James b1860 at Keynsham, Bristol, and Maria b1860 at Knowle (southern part of Bristol), John b1863 at Knowle. In the 1850s he was a Wine Merchant. 1861 census gives dob as 1827, living in Knowle, Bristol. 1871 census gives dob as 1828, living in Nailsea (10m W Bristol). 1881 census gives dob as 1827, living at Wallmead, Timsbury, Somerset. 1891 living with son James B Dudden (b1860) and wife Charlotte (b1860), and son John (b1863) at Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire. Error in census gives his place of birth as Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire (should be Timsbury, Somerset). 1901 living with sons James and John at Westbury on Trym. Died Apr-Jun 1904 at Westbury on Trym.