Carlton Blaxill wrote: > I did actually look up your GGG-Grandfathers birth in > the Thetford registers a couple of years ago. It reads:- > > Thetford St. Cuthberts Baptisms 1836. > > "1836 March 16th Walter son of Mary Ann Blackall single woman > resident in St. Cuthberts." That is interesting indeed. > Now as to who Mary Ann was I believe I came to the conclusion > that there were several possibilities, and that without some > additional info. (e.g. later marriage, or age at death > etc.) Well, the fact that Walter was not living with her at age 15 in 1851 (according to the census) could be an indicator that she had died by then, or on the other hand maybe not. > it would be difficult to place her with any certainty. Now that I > know there is an interested re-searcher, I'll think on this one again. Thanks it would be much appreciated. A quick look at www.familysearch.org revealed the most likely candidate by area (although the age is rather young considering Walter was born in 1836) to be one of the following, which appear to be the same person as they both have the same parents: Mary Ann BLAXALL - International Genealogical Index/BI Gender: F Christening: 19 Jan 1823 Worlingworth, Suffolk, England Mary Anne BLAXALL - International Genealogical Index/BI Gender: F Christening: 21 Nov 1824 Worlingworth, Suffolk, England But there are other possibilities with the surname spelt Blackhall or Blackalll from other counties. Karen