Hi Joe, Your phrase to describe the family's removal to Coventry, as, "for some unfathomable reason", may be quite explainable! It triggered off a partial recollection from my own paternal family history. I haven't the data to hand, but I can persue the issue in general in the meantime. My lot, The Parritt family, lived in Cropredy, but in listening to my father and his brother talking I sensed the strong relationships with Cropredy and its inhabitants. I had always wondered how my Grandfather ended up in Coventry, but more recent finds and re-examination of the facts (including census material), has allowed me to form a hypothesis to explain the how ,whys and wherefores of it. Finding out more about "mystery " photos of the 4 Hunt boys led the way. I discovered that they were the sons of my paternal Grandmother 's half- sister and that her husband came from a Cropredy family, which I tracked back for some generations. Also the 1901 Coventry census shows another Cropredy-born male residing with them in their dwelling. It may have been a sort of temporary stop off for those coming to the city to find employment. I believe that must be how my grandfather met his wife, (a Porter), although he had first.resided briefly in the Black Country when visiting his brothers. Joe, there could have been quite a brisk traffic as young people from Cropredy lodged with relations and/or friends, whilst finding employment and a place to live. Hopefully this will have made" fathomable", the reason for your family's shift. If you require names /details for what I have been relating I can hunt up the relevant information for you.I am a bit too lazy to do it tonight! Happy hunting for 2010. Regards, Muriel. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 609 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message