On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:17:07 -0000, Tony Evans <anthonyevans@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Hi Josephine > Do you know if this Luke married Jemima PRIOR in Bristol in 1861? Hi Tony, Thanks very much for pointing me in this direction. I didn't know that before, but it seems more than likely that Luke PURNELL, the brother of Ian's 2x great-grandmother, Mary PARFITT (nee PURNELL), married Jemima PRIOR in the December quarter of 1861. Reference Bristol 6a 140. I've just looked on the marriage cross referencing link that Chris Jefferies gave yesterday http://ukmarriages.zxq.net/marriagesxref.htm and, if I have done the research correctly, it looks like Luke PURNELL and Jemima PRIOR were married at the church of St. Thomas, Bristol. (I had an initial guess that the church would be Bedminster, St. Mary Redcliffe, Temple or St. Thomas as Clutton folk often married in Bristol churches nearest to Somerset.) This is what I have at the beginning of my notes for Luke and Jemima PURNELL: At the time of the 1871 census, Luke PURNELL and his family were in Garndiffaith, Monmouthshire. Luke PURNELL, head, 27, Coal Miner, born Clutton Somerset. Jemima, wife, 28, birthplace almost unreadable but probably Chelwood Somerset. Augusta, daughter 9, Scholar born Clutton Somerset Henry surname unreadable, boarder, 17, Coal Miner, born Clutton Somerset Bertha, daughter, 5, Scholar, born Trevethin Monmouthshire It looks like he ages and birthplaces for daughters were the wrong way around on this census. I didn't have anything in my notes for Luke's wife, Jemima, but looking at the 1851 Clutton census I see that it's likely that she was the daughter of William and Hannah PRIOR so I've now added that information. Interestingly, I see that Jemima's family were one household away from Ian's 4x great-grandmother Mary PARFITT (nee MAGGS) in the 1851 Clutton census and next door to the latter were George and Maria PARFITT, Ian's 3x great-grandparents, who joined the exodus to Trevethin, Monmouthshire. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com