Poor William WALTON born c.1832 on Oxfordshire is first found in the workhouse in Bicester in 1841 with his brother Thomas, having been orphaned. William was sent to Dudley to serve his apprenticeship as a Cordwainer. He then set himself up in business in Kingswinford and then Wordsley and there he stayed. He married Rebecca GADD and they had four children who survived infancy: Elon 1853 William 1856 Mary 1865 William Henry 1873 Elon married a much older woman called Sarah PALFREY but they never had children. They were probably popular with children though because they owned the confectioners and bakers shop in Comberton Road, Kidderminster. William married Ellen DUNN in 1876 in KIngswinford and they had four children: Mary R 1878 Elon 1881 Ellen (my Great Grandmother) 1883 and Harry, not quite sure when he was born because I haven't been able to pin it down. They lived in Wombourne and then Wordsley before crossing the borders and going to Brum in the 1890's! I suspect some recrossed the border because I know that in the 1970's there were Walton's descended from somewhere above still living in Wordsley. Any connections? Linda Staffs UK Researching: Cook(e) Plant Mason Keys Pearsall and variants Broster Rastall Turner Smith Miller Morgan Simmons Baker