Hi List, I am looking for a WILSON family which included William, John and at least one Kate. All these names appear as sponsors at the baptisms of my STAFFORD ancestors in the 1860s and early 1870s. I don't believe that they are relatives of the STAFFORDs, but presumably to be using the same family for several baptisms, the WILSONs might well have been close friends or neighbours. I would like to know more about them. I am guessing that John and William were brothers and that Kate was the wife of one or there were two Kates each married to one of the brothers. I've scoured the BMD indexes and newspapers on-line and have come across John WILSON a carpenter of Petrie Terrace (died 1884), son of George WILSON and Jane BARCLAY. His wife was Kate (possibly MARTIN). I have also found William WILSON a wine and spirit dealer of Brisbane (later a miner) who married Catherine/Kate HORE. William died in 1874 and Kate in 1884 by which time she was living in Mary St., Nth Brisbane. Whilst I don't know the names of William's parents he and Kate had a number of children one of whose middle names was BARCLAY. Other names included MACKLEROY, DICK and WINDHAM. If anyone is researching these families or can show a connection between the two families I would love to know. With thanks, Jo Mitchell Geelong