In a message dated 05/04/2010 18:15:48 GMT Daylight Time, wharcher@cvd.co.uk writes: > I wondered if he was illegitimate or and orphan . Oxfordshire FHS www.ofhs.org.uk has transcribed the Sandford St Martin baptisms for that period. The relevant entry from that transcript is: 25 March, 1883 Algernon John s John Henry ALLITT, farmer, Sandford, and Sarah Ann ELKINGTON. Hi Wendy, Thank you for the info. He is as I thought illegitimate. I found Sarah Ann living on her own with one other unrelated person. Now I shall have to trace Sarah. I can find no relation to the aunt and uncle he was living with in subsequent censuses. Regards, JUDY ELKINGTON www.elkingtonfamily.com