Linda & I are stumped again & I wondered if anyone can throw some light on the following. I will try to keep it as simple as I can Ggrandfather HENRY SHIPP b.1845 in Hawkesbury, married SARAH ANN HILLIER b.1851. We know that HENRY had a sister EMILY b.1843 in Bath, and that at their Christening in Hawkesbury in 1848 their Mother was named as SARAH ANN SHIPP but no Father was mentioned. On the 1851 Census HENRY & EMILY were in the house of MARTIN SHIPP and named as Niece & Nephew. Incidentally this same MARTIN b. about 1814 married HANNAH RUDGE b.1816 later was widowed and married JANE they then ran the Beaufort Inn in Hawkesbury in 1881 & 1891. On HENRY’s marriage certificate his Father was named as MARTIN NEALE SHIPP. We have also found a HENRY NEALE SHIPP b.1823 in Yate married THIRZA b.1821 in Old Sodbury but he had a son HENRY b.1861 in Yate so cant be “our” HENRY. Also there was a ROBERT NEALE SHIPP b.1814 In Yate who married ANN b.1811 in Wickwar We are assuming that these three were Brothers and that perhaps their Mother ’s maiden name was NEALE and in fact have found a marriage registration in 1813 for SAMUEL SHIPP & SARAH NEALE and so it would seem that these were probably the Brothers parents. But we still cant identify SARAH ANN SHIPP. Perhaps there was another Brother who married her and then died, or perhaps she was a Sister who had 2 illegitimate children. The only wild card at the moment bearing in mind that EMILY was born in Bath,is on the 1841 census for Bath - HO107/969/3 HENRY SHIP, painter, with SARAH. Sorry, this didnt end up as simple as I wanted for you all. BARBARA SEARCHING FOR SHIPPS