Hi Josephine Thank you for your kinds words and for finding Maurice's baptism. He was a lucky chap because the lady that he married had come into quite a bit of property through her late husband, Henry. He had owned several house in Chatham Row and others in Walcot Street, Bath - he died in 1913. In 1915, Henry's widow married Maurice, who was 17 years younger than her - she died two years later. Maurice lived on in one of Mary Ann's houses until 1942. By the way, Josephine, I would be most grateful if you would be kind enough to pay a brief visit to my family history blog (link below). I should much value your honest opinion on my writing, being a published author yourself. Kind Regards... Karen Visit the new Ridout family history website and blog at: www.the-ridouts.com

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:37:41 -0000, Karen Francis <ranaridibunda@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Josephine > Thank you for your kinds words and for finding Maurice's baptism. He > was a lucky chap because the lady that he married had come into quite a > bit of property through her late husband, Henry. Hi Karen, Thanks for the information about Maurice GOVER. I expect that he was related to Ian's GOVER family in Clutton, but I haven't traced all the branches of that family. > By the way, Josephine, I would be most grateful if you would be kind > enough to pay a brief visit to my family history blog (link below). I > should much value your honest opinion on my writing, being a published > author yourself. I had a look at your blog when you first told us about it in January and I have been back several times since. I remember thinking how much I liked the style of your writing and how I ought to put my family history notes into an interesting narrative like yours. At the moment, the notes on individuals in my tree mainly comprise, baptism, marriage, death and burial information plus census information and directory information. I have already made two slim booklets for family members on my recent maternal and paternal families, but I think I could do better now on the paternal side as that booklet was mainly about BMD and census information etc. I'll be revisiting your blog again, Karen, and if there are any list members who haven't paid a visit it's well worth having a look as we can pick up tips from other people's writing. Of course your blog makes me feel I want to make a visit to Bath again. I've had lots of memorable times there when I was a child, a teenager and an adult, but the best times were probably at the Bath Book Fairs. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com