This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CURTIS, COOPER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TmQ.2ACIB/2258 Message Board Post: My great great grandmother - Lousia CURTIS had her only son out of wedlock - William Bertie in 1876. Louisa's parents are believed to be James and Ann Curtis of Railway Cottages, Norwich. he was a railway carriage examiner. William Bertie was brought up by his uncle George CURTIS, and we lose all trace of Lousia. William Bertie worked on the railways and in 1901 travelled to Canada to work on the railways there. he returned after less than a year to marry Alice Emily COOPER, and their first son was born either just before or after the marriage. Do you know this branch of the CURTIS family?