In message <13msmioqgib5q2f@corp.supernews.com> "CWatters" <colin.watters@turnersoak.plus.com> wrote: > > "Graeme Wall" <Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:8689f554f%Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk... > > > > > > > Marriages Dec 1899 (>99%) > > > > > > Buck Walter John T B.Stortford 3a947 > > > Godfrey Thomas De Breton B. Stortford 3a947 > > > Thickings Amy B Stortford 3a947 > > > Wall Ruth Mary A B. Stortford 3a947 > > > > > > Are you sure that's the same Ruth? > > > > > > > Yes for two reasons, first Ruth Mary Ann Wall appears to be a unique name, > > she's named after her paternal grandmother, Ruth Mary Ann Whitethorne. > > > > Secondly I've just been contacted by someone who is tracing the de Breton > > Godfrey connection. There's a family story of Thomas blowing his > > inheritance (an Irish estate) on fast living, abandoning his wife and two > > children, and running off to New York with a Ruth Baranoff. > > > > Should get the cert to check fathers name. > > Hopefully some time in the new year. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy>