Thank you Linda & Tony for your help on the above. As for the famous painter....well I couldn't make a claim to be an ancestor at this stage I'm afraid. The family I'm following is actually on my hubby's line [he's certainly interested, but not in the hard work] and it's WILEY/WHILEY-PARFITT and TENNANT all Royal Marine's with a link to the Acsension Isles around 1838-1850 where some of them married each other [one daughter only 13-14 years old at the time] and began families before returning back to England. Their children also seemed to have a career in the Royal Marine's and this has made life more difficult in tracing them on census but I'm getting there slowly and it's been really rewarding when I make a find. Thank you once again for your help. Kindest regards, Pat > Hi Pat > As Jon has said, the correct spelling is EWER Common - it is > still there today consisting of a small area of grass > commonland off Park Road, Gosport at one end and leading to > Mount Pleasant Rd at the other. > It is in Alverstoke but the Marine Barracks at Forton were > not there in 1820. The RMLI which occupied the Forton > Barracks did not come into being until halfway through the 1800's. > > Are you connected to the Wylie family - famous naval painter? > > Linda & Tony > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only > for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >