Thanks for the reply Wendy, No I haven't yet but its a good suggestion. I thought that I might be missing something obvious (or maybe not so obvious!) at first. Two marriages might suggest why some of the childrens birth dates are so tight to the estimated marriage date. I'll see what comes up in the next week or so and if nothing surfaces I think ordering that certificate is the next step. Kind regards Pete On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:06:42 +0100, Wendy Settle <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you ordered the marriage certificate of William & Annie dated in 1879?, It should list her father's name or a formerly name. Could be that she was married before and even pregnant before they got married if Emily is their child who was born 6 months before the wedding. > > Wndy >