Dear all I wondered if any sleuths out there had any fresh ideas? I am looking for my reputed great grandfather, Henry Fenwick MALVIN b1851 Seaham Harbour Durham, after 1871 when he seemingly disappears I have long been researching my MALVIN family who in the main were earlier found in the Easington area Alice RAMSAY b1789 Ponteland, married Jacob MALVIN in 1817, Jacob died in 1819 aged 26 Alice MALVIN then had a liaison with a Robert WILKINSON, they had two sons, Robert MALVIN b1820 and Mark MALVIN in 1825 (Robert WILKINSON is given as father on both baptisms) Mark b1825 married Isabella FENWICK b1825 Dalton le Dale, in 1848 in the Parish Church of Monk Hesledon They had four children Henry Fenwick b1848 d1850 Robert b1850 d1901 Henry Fenwick b1851 Mark b1855 d1942 My grandfather Harry Malvin OVINGTON was born in Middlesbrough 1874 to Jane Ann OVINGTON it has been passed down that the father was a Henry Fenwick MALVIN (no mention of a father on my grandfathers baptism) I can follow Henry Fenwick MALVIN until 1871 where he is living at Stainton Grange with his parents, no sign thereafter (I have checked BMD and anything else I can lay my hands on) Robert is also in Stainton I find Mark b1855 in 1871 at 67 Marton Rd Middlesbrough (Jane Ann OVINGTON was born in Middlesbrough and lived there in 1871) Could this be a case of Mark using his brothers name for his nefarious deeds? Or did Henry Fenwick get whisked away by the martians? In my grandfathers letters there is mention of meetings with Mark in later years (mentioned as Uncle Mark) my grandfather also gives an ambiguous mention in a letter to my father "I told you of the manner of my fathers death" (but no earlier letter survives) I can trace Mark until his death in 1942 Scarborough and was a Doctor there for many years I have Marks will, and that of his father (also Mark) plus Mark snrs widow (2nd wife) in 1929. None of which mention a connection to my grandfather in any way. Harry M OVINGTON later trains as a Clergyman at Queens College Birmingham (I have Crockfords for his career until 1920 when he converted to Catholicism) Any thoughts as to new avenues gratefully received, or sightings post 1871 of one elusive Henry Fenwick MALVIN Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK)