In a message dated 06/03/2005 22:52:26 GMT Standard Time, hauser@internode.on.net writes: I have just found out from an old relative that my great-grandmother's maiden surname was (Elizabeth ??) Klemson.............. So I guess the parents would have been born around 1877 - 1885 maybe. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Maureen, There are no people called Klemson in the 1881 census. I think it should be Clemson, of which there are 428, mainly in Lancashire and the Midlands but none in the NE. There are also no Klemson names in FreeBMD Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org