He is married to Mary Elizabeth EVANS.
They got married on August 30, 1873 at St Giles, Potters Bar, South Mimms, Middlesex, he was 24 years old.Source 1
John CHILDS 24 bachelor labourer Potters Bar South Mimms, father John CHILDS labourer. Mary Elizabeth EVANS 21 spinster Potters Bar South Mimms, father James EVANS bricklayer. Banns. Witnesses Henry CHILDS & Hannah EVANS/ Ancestry.co.uk