Geoff and Karen I was very interested in this message - last Friday I discovered my 2xg grandmother Hester born in Charfield was a WHITWORTH - I found her on Gordon Beavington's CD listed with her family WHITWORTH James 43 Woollen Cloth Spinner Chard Martha 39 Burler Wotton under Edge Humphrey 16 Brusher Charfield Elizabeth 11 Joiner Charfield Hester 6 Scholar Charfield I found James WHITWORTH listed in the 1881 census as a widower with his son George who was born at Kingswood (I don't know where George was in 1851). Although I can't see a connection at the moment - there are quite a few coincidences. A friend is ordering Hester's marriage certificate next week from the FRC - after that I will get her birth cert. Hester married James ORGAN from North Nibley and lived the rest of her life there. Marcia Jewell Crudwell, Wilts At 11:12 01/08/2000 +0100, Geoff Brightman wrote: >On the 18th of February 1822 Mary Ann WHITWORTH was removed to Butterworth, >Lancashire by the parish of Kingswood. She was with child. > >In 1851 the child, Charles WHITWORTH is a servant in Charfield. In 1861 he >is married to a Hwkesbury HOPKINS and in service at Westbury on Trym (now >part of Bristol). His father is named on the marriage certificate as Charles >HOPKINS. > >A christening record can be found on the online IGI but with a patron >submission number for May 1822 in Rochdale, Lancashire ( Butterworth was >part of Rochdale). > >Is it possible that MAry Ann WHITWORTH did not go back to Lancs and instead >went to Charfield ?Is it possible that the boy was sent back to live with >dad because mum died ? > >What do listers think ? > >Karen DAVIES would welcome your thoughts and help on this. > >Geoffro >The Pond Dipper