Hello Sandra. I was very grateful for your help, but as I said in my email, I felt that Jane was Henry's mother, and for a long time until recently when I sent for James Henry Groves marriage certificate I found out that his father was a Shipwright and not a Bricklayer, and usually on all of my other certificates I have sent for which is about thirty now they put if the father or mother is deceased. So I naturally thought that John was still living at the time of James's marriage in 1878. I have been researching both my husbands and both of my parents family history for over ten years now. So please forgive me for asking other peoples advice on John Groves. Kind Regards Pamela ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 12:04 PM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] John Groves > Pamela, > Was I wasting my time sending you all that information about John Groves? > > Henry Groves's father John died before Henry was born, and was raised by > Jeremiah Jacobs his stepfather who was a bricklayer. As Henry didnt know > his father personally it would be unlikely that he would follow his > natural father's occupation, but followed his step-father's calling > instead. > > I think John was a carpenter, but as he probably worked on boat building > (very common on the Island) he might well have called himself a > shipwright. > > As I said in my off-list emails, you will have to purchase a few > certificates to verify the information, but having spent a number of years > on the IOW Groves families, I think that what I sent you was correct > Kind regards and happy hunting > Sandra > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >