Greetings in Australia Day. With the assistance Sarah Lowther on the Somerset List, I think I've got a lead to my g.g.g.grandmother, Mary CARRUTHERS (nee SALKELD). In the 1851 census there was a family of women living at 17 Drovers Lane, Carlisle. Mary CARRUTHERS Head Widow 55yrs Nurse Born Cumberland Mary CARRUTHERS Daug Unm 31yrs Spinner Cotton Born Cumberland Elizabeth CARRUTHERS Daug Unm 22yrs Spinner Cotton Born Cumberland Anne CARRUTHERS Daug Unm 20yrs Spinner Cotton Born Cumberland Robertina CARRUTHERS Daug Unm 18yrs Spinner Cotton Born Cumberland IGI has them all born about the right dates and the father was Robert CARRUTHERS. All things being equal, they are the mother and siblings of my g.g.grandfather Robert Salkeld CARRUTHERS born in 1822 who emigrated to Australia in 1850 so missed the census. Further record on IGI say Robertina married Robert Cowan on Christmas day 1852 in Carlisle and Ann married John Alderson on 19 April 1856 in Carlisle. Does anyone have other information about the family or the death of Robert sometime onwards from 1831. Robertina was born 2 September 1832 so he must have been around until early 1832. If it is the right family, Robert and Mary were married in 1817 in Renwick. Any information will be appreciated. Phillip Carruthers Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA Home Phone +617 3273 5531 Work Phone +617 3221 9277 Work Fax +617 3229 5475 Mobile 0411 643 427 Home e-mail pcarruth@bigpond.net.au Work e-mail p.carruthers@ndy.com