Hi Elaine, I have the marriage in my database but it's only from the IGI and VRI, not the Parish Register, so it doesn't indicate if Elizabeth was a spinster or a widow or which parish she was from. The earliest SPRACKL~ baptism I have at Sydling St Nicholas is 1838 and I have no other marriages there prior to Elizabeth's. So it would seem that there was no history of a SPRACKL~ family living there. At that time there were several SPRACKL~ families living about 6 miles away in Winterbourne St Martin, later known as Martinstown, and there were several Elizabeth/Betty SPRACKL~ born there in the late 18th C. I have four children for them, Mary (bap.1811), Elizabeth (bap.1813), Maria (bap.1822) and John (bap.1822). It looks as if Elizabeth died Mar qtr 1840 Dorchester district, 8 35, so before the 1841 Census. Emanuel then married either Sarah ALLMER or Sarah HOUNSELL Dec qtr 1842 Dorchester district, 8 99. He died Jun qtr 1858 Dorchester district, 5a 231, and was buried 8 Apr 1858 St Peter's, Long Bredy, aged 74, so should have been born 1783/4. That would make it more likely that Elizabeth was a spinster when she married him. I don't have her burial so I don't know her age at death but of course her Death Certificate should show that. Regards, Michael Sprackling ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine McLean" <elainemclean18@yahoo.ca> To: <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 7:24 PM Subject: [DOR] SPRACKLING > Hi, > Can anyone on the list connect with an ELIZABETH SPRACKLING? She married > Emanuel CHANNING in Sydling St Nicholas Dorset on 13th April 1810. I cannot > find out anymore more about her so far, > Elaine McLean > Mission, BC, Canada