Hi The Dewhurst line I'm researching is from north Lancashire and Westmorland (old boundaries) areas. The earliest Dewhurst is John DEWHURST, born abt 1808, in Lyth Westmorland. He married Margaret ELLWOOD (bapt 17 Oct 1813, Cartmell Parish) in Cartmell Parish 14 Nov 1831. Their children are (this is probably not a complete list): Thomas Dewhurst, bapt 4 Jul 1835, Cartmell Parish (married Mary HUTCHINSON, 10 Mar 1862, Cartmell Parish) John Dewhurst, bapt 8 Dec 1839, Cartmell Parish Timothy Dewhurst, bapt 18 Feb 1844, Cartmell Parish Robert Dewhurst, b. 2 Dec 1846 (my line, see below) Eleanor Dewhurst, bapt 16 Oct 1853, Cartmell Parish William Dewhurst, bapt 13 Sep 1857, Cartmell Parish Robert DEWHURST married Mary YOUDELL (b. 6 Jan 1842, Penrith, Cumberland) on 16 May 1869 in Kendal, Westmorland. Their children are: Margaret A Dewhurst, b. abt 1869, Bowness, Westmorland Agnes Dewhurst, b abt 1872, Bowness, Westmorland Elizabeth Dewhurst, b, abt 1873, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire Robert Dewhurst, b. abt 1876, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire Hannah Dewhurst, b abt 1879, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire Richard Dewhurst, b. 7 Mar 1882, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire, married Isabella Wade, Alice Sarah Moore, died 3 Mar 1964, North Vancouver, BC, Canada Ellen Dewhurst (my grandmother, always went by Helen), b. 12 Nov 1884, Crosthwaite, Westmorland, married William PENNINGTON, 22 Oct 1908 at Barneside, Westmorland, died 1 Apr 1968, West Vancouver, BC, Canada My brickwall (at this moment) is finding John Dewhursts birth. My information for his age and location of birth comes from the 1881 census and a quick perusal of BT's for Heversham Parish doesn't show a John Dewhurst born in that time frame. As I was pursuing other lines last year, I haven't checked other sources yet but will be doing so shortly. Incidentally, I found a baptism in Cartmell Parish for a Jane Dewhurst, 6 Jan 1833, daughter of James and Mary Dewhurst, Cark, Labourer. I don't know if she fits in to any family but if anyones looking for her, here she is. Bud Pennington