Sorry Polly and JJ, I was not trying to teach any one to suck eggs! However, the 'who' refers back to the immediate subject, the father and not the son! I *could* re-write the sentence but would hate to be labelled another pedant like my fellow Yorkie, of SOG and GOONS infamy (g) Phil Phil Warn Chairman Bromley Observer Group (B O G) BOG was set up by Phil Warn to replace the sadly demised Bromley LINk as Local Health Watch seems to be toothless! -----Original Message----- From: "Polly Rubery" <polly@rowberry.org> Sent: ‎07/‎02/‎2014 20:57 To: "bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com" <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [B&S] Thomas JENKINS, apprenticed to Michael BESHER (sic),Bristol, 1750 Never mind Josephine, those of us who understand the correct use of commas understood exactly what you meant...:-) Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Thomas JENKINS, apprenticed to Michael BESHER (sic), Bristol, 1750 From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> Subject: [B&S] Thomas JENKINS, apprenticed to Michael BESHER (sic), Bristol,1750 Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 17:22:41 -0000 > The son of pipe maker, Thomas JENKINS of Bristol, who was also called > Thomas JENKINS, was apprenticed to tinplate worker, William COMBES, on > 27th. October 1746. From: Phil Warn <philwarnorp2@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [B&S] Thomas JENKINS, apprenticed to Michael BESHER (sic),Bristol, 1750 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 18:45:47 +0000 Hi JJ > I suspect you slipped up here when you repeat his name, after also known > as? Hi Phil, No, it wasn't a slip up. What I meant was that both the father and the son were called Thomas JENKINS. Ian was nagging for his tea so I was rushing to finish my message and it looks like I didn't word it as well as I could have done if I'd taken more time. :-) Josephine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message