William Henry Dewhurst was b. abt. 1816 Hackney, Middlesex, England and m. Mary Pearson (b. abt. 1821) 10 Dec 1840 Old Church, St.Pancras, Middlesex, London, England. Their known children were: Caroline Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Madeline, & James William, but supposedly, there were 8-9 children total. I descend from James William who changed his name to William James Dewhurst. He m. Ellen Elizabeth Reeves 25 Dec 1874 St. John the Baptist, Shoreditch, Middlesex, London, England. Their children were: Nelle Maude Louise, William Henry, Mabel Caroline, Arthur Frederick, Madeline E., Edith Emily, Ethel Leah & (my grandfather) James Sidney. The family supposedly came from Austria to France to Hull, Yorkshire, England to London; but thus far we cannot prove it. From London, they went to Canada then to the USA ending up in the San Francisco Bay Area. When they left London, after losing both of his older boys in the Boer War, William James Dewhurst assumed the name William James McPherson (he was the only son of Mary Pearson, thus a McPherson...) and my grandfather took the name Sidney James McPherson to stay out of further military drafts and protect the "family line" at a time when sole surviving son exclusions had not yet been created in the UK. My father and his brothers were born as McPhersons, tho the name was not legally changed until much later.... we have a bit of a family identity crisis, you might say ;) My goal is to connect William Henry to his birth family (perhaps in Yorkshire?) and to see if I can find traces of any other children for William and Mary. Jana Dewhurst/McPherson Black