Hi, DFHS has 17 Prater marriages in Devon 1754-1812 and 4 1813-1837 and 16 baptisms in Devon 1813-1839 . Meers could also be Meere, Mere, Mears etc. In the 1841 census for Egg Buckland is John Prater, 50, ag lab, Y, Elizabeth, 55, Y, John, 20 , Y , William , 15, Y, Elizabeth , 10, Y . In the 1851 John is still in Egg Buckland but married to Elizabeth , she is 32, and b Plympton, and they have William , 6, b Egg B, John M , 4, b EB, and Elizabeth , 2.b EB . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret" <margaretrudland@optusnet.com.au> To: <Devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 6:35 AM Subject: [DEV] MEERS/PRATER > Hi All, > I am back again looking for some help. > My Ancestors John Prater married Elizabeth Meers in Jan: 1844 in Stoke > Dammerel. > I have a copy of their marriage certificate that tells me they were of > full > age and that Johns Father was John Prater and Elizabeth Meers Father was > John Meers. > I am looking for help on finding Elizabeth Meers birth and also John > Prater > s birth in the hope that I can find their Mothers names. > Hoping someone can help me find these two families. > Regards > Margaret > Australia > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >