I've just been tidying up one of my lines and have found someone who appears in the 1841 census as a 7 year old living with his parents and in the 1851 still with his parents. In 1861 he's married but with no children. In 1871, 1891, 1901 and 1911 he's still married to someone who seems clueless as to where she was born but with no children. Yet in 1891, he and his wife had a 6 year old grandson with them and in 1901 they has a different have a different grandson with them. In the 1911, he says they had no less than *16* children and only 4 of them are still living. It's definitely the same couple. Question is: how the heck did he manage 5 censuses apparently without having any children with them? I can't even find a marriage for the parents of one of the grandsons who has a fairly unusual surname. The other one is a non starter, both given name and surname are too common. Living in sin seems to be a family trait because I've been unable to find this chap's parents marriage either!! -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/