Thank you Pete and Margaret for your reply. The person I am researching is:- WILLIAM THOMAS BLAKENEY Born 1893 in Margate , Kent Joined navy at age 18, served in 1911 and served until 1922. ( I have his naval record from Kew) He was married , but don't know of his wife, or any children. Lived at Diss in Norfolk before moving to ST Ives. Lived at 12, Station Road, St Ives , for a few years before he died 1961. .He is buried in the borough cemetery, requiem mass at Sacred Heart.( found a memoriam card in a relatives effects) I know of all his family anti-cedents, and siblings. I am trying to find out who he was married to, who his children were, and if possible their descendants too. It is very difficult tracing people since the 1901 census. William or Bill as he was always called, was my mother's brother, there are two others whom I can't trace either. The 'boys' were not good at keeping in touch with their sisters. So none of them , or their descendants have any info . If by looking locally, you can come up with anything about him it would be great and might even lead me to the others. All his generation are dead now of course. I am 70 myself, and it is a long time to wait for the next census to be published. Thank you in advance. Betty