This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mBU.2ACEB/20.1 Message Board Post: Dear Keith, Do you think the William aged 7 here could be your William Walter? The index said he was born 1874 or about. He was the only William about that age in the south west in the 1881 Census. 1881 CENSUS Dwelling: Middle Road Census Place: West Hatch, Somerset, England Source: FHL Film 1341569 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2365 Folio 62 Page 14 Marr Age Sex Birthplace George DURMEN M 45 M West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Head Occ: Carter (Ag) Tryphena DURMEN M 43 F West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Wife Charles DURMEN U 20 M West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Son Occ: Ag Lab Henry DURMEN U 16 M West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Son Occ: Ag Lab Eli DURMEN U 13 M West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Son Occ: Ag Lab Mary Jane DURMEN 11 F West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Daur Occ: Schooler Tom DURMEN 9 M West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Son Occ: Schooler William DURMEN 7 M West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Son Occ: Schooler Edwin DURMEN 5 M West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Son Occ: Schooler Elizabeth DURMEN 2 F West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Daur Rebecca DURMEN 7 m F West Hatch, Somerset, England Rel: Daur I was born a Durman, in Portsmouth. Would be happy to write to you. Have been searching for Durmans for years. Pam Freestone