Hi Everyone I am having problems tracing the maiden name for the wife of John Bigrigg born 1851 in Cockermouth (son of Jonathon Bigrigg and Sarah Sherlock) In the 1881 census John Bigrigg was lodging in Ulverston with a Mawson family and his wife Mary Ann was staying in Cockermouth with Rose Watt. I think that she may have been pregnant at the time as a son William was born the same year. William and his brother Jonathon's births appear not to have been registered. In the 1901 census they are not traceable unless some strange spelling has been used. John was alive in 1909. Mary Ann may have been born in Cornwall or have had parents born there as her father may have been an Iron Ore miner but I have no concrete evidence to support this. Please can anyone help to solve this one? I am also researching the following Sandwith esp 1600 and 1700,s, Dodd, Law Graham and Vickers in Cumberland _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail