hello everybody . can someone help please. in Guernsey i have a Stephen john Taylor 1884-1960 (married claudia tardif) son of Stephen john taylor 1880-1939 (married Alice de bertrand) son of Stephen john Taylor 1838-1894 (married Mary langlois) son of Stephen Taylor 1817--????.married Marie renouf , .then nothing --in early 1838 they meet ? middle 1838 they marry and Nov 1838 a son is born . ok so far but but 1841 census Marie and baby Stephen are back with her parents and dad is never to be seen again . on the marriage certificate it gives his father as William Taylor (a carpenter by trade as is Stephen the son ).all efforts and advice from the local priaulx library and greffe office which is extensive if not complete have failed to find any trace of either of them. on the birth certifcate it gives the godparents as marie's brother and wife that checks out o-k before 1800 the Taylor name was almost unheard of in the c.i. . around 1820-1830 there was a massive influx to jersey and guernsey of Taylor families and as they settled in the islands added more children to their 2-4 offspring . this is my brick wall and i wondered if anyone researching taylors might have some that came to channel islands thankyou derek --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0534-4, 26/08/2005 Tested on: 26/08/2005 21:21:36 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com