Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you had a wonderful day? I'm taking Charani up on her quest to bring home the lost ancestors. I posted the following on the LINCSGEN list in April 2011 and I still haven't had much luck finding the information I would love to find out about my 2nd great grandfather. One of my 2nd great-grandfather's has been a brickwall for many many years and I don't see me bringing this one down any time soon so if anyone can find this little blighter I will be forever grateful. :) Here is what I have on so far: 1. His name was William WRIGHT and from the two (maybe three) censuses I have found him in his birth year works out to between 1833 and 1837. 2. I cannot find him anywhere in the 1841 or 1851 census. Either under WRIGHT or HUTTON. 3. I think I may have found him in 1861; a William WRIGHT living in Maltby-le-Marsh, aged 24, unmarried, Ag. Lab and born in Theddlethorpe. To find this entry I took out a map and checked it against every William WRIGHT's birth place in this census, this entry was the one closest to Saltfleetby. 4. On 21st November, 1867 he married Susan LAKE in Mablethorpe. Both their ages were given as full so there is no specific age to go on. Neither had been married before. Now William's father's name is given as _______HUTTON (Labourer). I have not come across it written like this before but I'm assuming this means he was illegitimate and knew his father was a Mr. HUTTON. The witnesses are no help they were Benjamin and Mary Jane LAKE, Susan's brother and sister-in-law. The certificate does state by Banns not license. 5. From the 1871 and 1881 census he gave his birth place as Saltfleetby and his occupation was Ag. Lab/Labourer. 6. He and Susan had seven children that I know of; Walter LAKE (1867 Grimsby), John (1869 Trusthorpe), Mary Ann (1871 Mablethorpe), George (1872 Trusthorpe), Mark (1875 - Huttoft - my great-grandfather), Benjamin (1880 Withcall) and Alice (1882 Huttoft) 6. On Mark's birth certificate (1875) William's occupation was Farm Labourer. 7. On Mark's marriage certificate (1903) William's occupation was given as Foreman. 8. In the 1891 census, Susan, is listed as a Widow living with two of her children Benjamin aged 11 years born Withcall and Alice aged 8 years born Alford. 9. So William died between 1883 and 1891 but there are a few William WRIGHT death registrations and I'm not sure which one is him. I don't have the updated NBI so I don't know if there is a burial for him. 10. I'm not sure if he left a will or not either I checked the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 at Ancestry and can't find any reference to him. 11. I have tried looking for a baptism via the IGI and the records on Ancestry but so far I haven't found anything. It doesn't help that there are so many Saltfleetby's. It would be wonderful to find out who his mother/parents were, where he was actually born/baptised and where he died or was buried. UPDATE: I have checked for baptisms in Saltfleeby All Saints, St. Clements and St. Peters. I believe I also checked both Theddlethorpe and Theddlethorpe St. Helens all on LincstothePast.com without any luck either. I think this has to be one of the biggest brickwalls that I have come across and if anyone can help I would be forever in your debt. Take care Jayne