Hello Millie, Your post about your Sheppard and Millard ancestors from Mangotsfield caught my attention due to an interesting coincidence (?) with my family tree. My paternal grandfather's sister, Elizabeth Ann LOVELL b1881 Ashwick SOM married William George SHEPPARD (b1878 Shepton Mallet SOM) in Clutton SOM 1900. However William's father and grandfather were from Wells SOM. William died in 1906 following a work accident, and Elizabeth then married Robert William MILLARD (b1887 Shepton Mallet SOM) at Clutton in 1908. Elizabeth's children were Alice, Elsie and Doris SHEPPARD, and Arthur and Ivan MILLARD. It sounds as though the Sheppards and Millards were like my Lovells and Fears in that they keep popping up together! Cheers, Lyn ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 22:06:33 -0000 From: "MillieB&D" <millie@reallyhelpful.info> Subject: [B&S] John SHEPPARD To: "bristol_and_somerset" <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <FBDA79910E5B4BA0A746EE85F9BCB654@scarlatti> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello Josephine How kind of you to pursue John SHEPPARD for me. It is certainly a possibility that he may have gone to Wales. It is obviously a great advantage to know what was going on socially at the time when someone ?goes missing?. In fact, the social history of the area, especially relating to employment, gives a real insight into the sort of lives that our ancestors led. Another thing I often ponder on is whether the different branches of my family knew each other. The MILLARDs and BRACEYs are on my Dad?s side of the family and historically resided in the area of Mangotsfield and Staple Hill. However, Susan SHEPPARD, from Mangotsfield, was my mother?s great grandmother and married someone from Bristol and all of the remainder of my mother?s family originated in Somerset (Rowberrow and Winscombe). I imagine that the BRACEYS, MILLARDS and SHEPPARDS, all from Mangotsfield, would very likely have known each other long before they became related by marriage. What?s more, they very likely knew the ancestors of many of the contributors to this list! Thanks again Kind Regards Millie ------------------------------