On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:43:19 +0100, Marion <lowe.marion@gmail.com> wrote: > Thomas's wife, nee Emily Jane KANE, might be the daughter of William > KANE and wife Eliza, who were in Twinnell Rd in 1871: > RG10/2564, page 24, folio 57 > 4 Twinnell Rd, St Philip & Jacob > William KANE, Head, Mar, 34, labourer, born Dauntsey Wilts > Eliza ", wife, mar, 30, wife, born Ditcheat Somerset > Frederick James ", son, 10, born St Philip & St Jacob Bristol > Emily Jane ", dau, 8, born St Philip & St Jacob Bristol > William Ashford ", 4, born St Philip & St Jacob Bristol Thanks to Marion's reply to my message about Emily Jane KANE, I have been able use to the information above to find out more about the family of my Australian correspondent. The birth of Emily Jane KANE was registered in the March quarter of 1863 at Clifton. The marriage of William KANE and Eliza ASHFORD was registered in the September quarter of 1860 at Clifton. There's a likely match for Eliza ASHFORD in the 1851 Somerset census, which shows her living in Ditcheat. Then, she was a 9-year-old silk spinner in the household of Henry and Mary Ann ASHFORD. Henry, 56, was a pauper pig and cattle jobber, while Mary Ann was a straw bonnet maker. Others in the household were Henry, 18, an agricultural labourer and 12-year-old Mary Ann, a silk spinner. All were born in Ditcheat. Eliza ASHFORD, daughter of Henry and Mary Anne ASHFORD, was baptized on 27th. June 1841 at the church of St. Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat, Somerset. Abode was Wraxall and father's occupation was labourer. A possible marriage for the parents is that of Henry ASHFORD, bachelor, and Mary Ann FURZE, spinster, which took place on 25th. December 1826 at the church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. This shows how a reply to a question on list can lead to lots of other information. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com