hi thanks to everybody whos given me suggestions on my Robert Sayers problem - its proving very elusive! Somebody has suggested a possible Robert on the 1881 census but the household does not have a father listed - whos name is about the only thing i know about Robert - i wonder whether somebody could look for this family on the 1871 census to see if the father was a Henry. the mother is a Margaret SAYER, aged 35 (so 25 in 1871), birthplace Newcastle on Tyne, occupation Grocer retired - none of the kids would be there in 1871, the census place was Caldewgate, Cumberland Also, from Roberts marriage certificate i have the witnesses as Adam Bell and Mary Ellen Fingey - if anyone has come across these people in their family maybe it will help in some way! thanks john

In message <A41F4854-6B77-11D8-A911-000A95A6F20A@buckland-design.co.uk>, john <john@buckland-design.co.uk> writes >hi > >Also, from Roberts marriage certificate i have the witnesses as Adam >Bell and Mary Ellen Fingey - if anyone has come across these people in >their family maybe it will help in some way! > >thanks > >john > Hi John, Adam BELL married Mary E TINGEY 1909 Durham Central district. There is an Adam BELL, age 15, living in Coxhoe in 1901, which may be him. -- Helen Oram