Quite by chance, I found my Gt Gt Grandfather's elder brother ^^Stephen PALMER living with his married daughter and her family in South Shields on the 1881 Census: RG11 Piece 5020 Folio 8 Page 12 King Street House & Shop, South Shields, Durham Andrew WEATHERSON Head M 43 Boot & Shoe Dealer Northumberland **Elizabeth Wife M 44 bn. Suffolk Robert Son 15 bn Nbl Stephen L. Son 13 bn Nbl Elizabeth A. Dau. 11 bn Nbl Isabella A. dau. 6 bn So.Shields, Dur. ^^Stephen PALMER, Father In Law W 67 Millwright [BS], Spain After a bit of detective work on 1837Online, I found that the surname was in fact, WEATHERSTON. Andrew & Elizabeth's marriage certificate presents more questions than answers: Andrew WEATHERSTON, Post Messenger and Shoemaker of Norham, Berwick on Tweed, married **Elizabeth PALMER, Nurse, of Wooperton, Glendale, on 15 November 1864 at the United Presbyterian Church, Norham in the District of Berwick. Andrew's father was Robert WEATHERSTON, occup. Shoemaker; Elizabeth's father, ^^Stephen PALMER's occupation was given as"Engineer in Agricultural Implement factory". There is no indication if he was present at the marriage as he didn't sign the register. To regress a little - ^^Stephen PALMER was born in Portugal, son of Stephen PALMER, Colour Sergeant in the 48th Regiment of Foot and Maria DeSilva in about 1812 during the Peninular Wars. He was baptised in Burwell, Cambridgeshire 27 August 1815 along with his younger brother Henry. On the 1851 Census, ^^Stephen and his family are found in Ramsey, Hunts PRO Ref. HO.107.1745 Enumeration District 1G Folio 104b Schedule 113 Newtown - Stocken Fen ^^Stephen Palmer H M 39 Millwright Portugal British Subject Elizabeth Palmer Wf M 40 Millwright's wife CAM Cambridge **Elizabeth Palmer D - 14 --- SFK Gaugely [?Gazeley] Delphenia Palmer D - 10 Scholar HUN Houghton Stephen Palmer S - 4 Scholar HUN Ramsey Henry Palmer S - 2 --- HUN Ramsey Sarah Ann Palmer D - -- --- HUN Ramsey Louis Palmer Br - 23 --- CAM Burwell I have yet to find them on the 1861 & 1871 census, or to find out where ^^Stephen died and is buried - ideas any one? Although not my direct PALMER line, I am intrigued by this family - what took a young woman [**Elizabeth PALMER] from Hunts. to Northumberland? and where was her father working at the time of her marriage? If anyone else on this list researching WEATHERSTON, I would love to hear from you. :) Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. palmer@ann-mcclean.mid-wales.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, & DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALSO: List Owner PALMER-EAST-ANGLIA-UK-L@rootsweb.com For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the PALMER surname in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdonshire, South Lincolnshire, and the borders with Essex and Bedfordshire. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~