Hello Diane, Following on from my short e-mail sent just before Christmas. The family of TEMPEST in the Duffield area must have been influential as a number of families in the area who were descendants but did not carry the surname of TEMPEST would use the name as a Christian name. Marilyn's GGGrandparents were John SMITH and Ellen nee SOWTER. Ellen was the daughter of George Sowter and Eliza BUXTON nee TEMPEST. The connection into the SMITH family is the second marriage of Eliza TEMPEST in 1827. John and Ellen SMITH named a daughter Eliza Tempest SMITH George Smith, Son of John & Ellen named a son William Tempest SMITH William Tempest SMITH named a daughter Eileen Tempest SMITH Marilyn grandaughter of William Tempest SMITH and myself named our son Richard Tempest BAGWORTH If you search on your maternal lines you may well find a TEMPEST marriage. From what you have said the chances are that the TEMPEST link is in Duffield. If you do find a link let me know as I have the TEMPEST family tree back as far as I can progress it, around 1660. Mike Bagworth Mickleover, Derby > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Tempest" <diane.tempest@btopenworld.com> > > A letter and a Bible. The letter is from John Tempest of Little Eaton Mill > > No 69 Paper Mills. He is sending £5 to my G G G Grandmother and says"if > you > > want any more ask other members of the family" Dated 1877. Her name was > > Susannah Skellern maiden name of Hope.Born Paddington. I have her Bible. > > She married a man called Rutty and at age 22 a widow married Skellern a > > Bookbinder in London.in 1834 > > They stayed together all the rest of their lives and died in an > Almshouse.My > > mother baptised me Diane Tempest WHY!!! WAS IT THE LETTERS? CAN > ANY-ONE > > THROW ANY LIGHT ON MY PROBLEM ?PLEASE. Diane. Tempest.