I am researching the PROUDLEY family whose roots are, thus far, in Hampshire. I know my grandfather Arthur Duncan PROUDLEY was born in Chewton, Milton, Hampshire, England in 1888. He came to Canada in 1913. From this information I have followed my ancestors back through various parishes in Hampshire. PROUDLEY family members have been found in Christchurch, Portsea, Romsey, Bansgore, Neacroft, Southampton, Shirley and Highcliffe. My research has taken me to back to the marriage of William PROUDLEY to Sophia Littlefield on October 8, 1792 in St. Marys, Portsea, Hampshire. This marriage produced six (6) children - Sophia Wren, William, John Charles, Joseph Charles, George, and Sophia. Recently I have, through census records, located family in Sussex and possibly Dorset. I have located family in Australia and western Canada as well. Other names that occur through marriages in the first five generations are ABBOTT, BALLARD, BOND, BROWNEN, CATTON, COLE, DIMAGE, DUNCAN, HAWKINS, HARVEY, HENDY, HOLFORD, JONES, LONDON, OXFORD, POINTER, POWER, STEVESON, STRIDE, TODD, WHITECOMBE, and WILCOX. Herb Proudley