Last night I had a very nasty shock. I discovered that the whole foundation on which I had built my TURNER family tree was rotten and that, far from being descended from a wealthy bookseller/printer from Coventry, my Turners are descended from a cooper from Bedford. However, before I pursue the Bedford connection, I need to clarify the parentage of a George Dennis Turner, b. 1852 in Kimbolton (according to the 1881 census), whose grandfather was John Turner the above-mentioned cooper. I have a nasty suspicion that George Dennis Turner will prove to be the illegitimate son of one of John Turner's daughters - probably Sarah, who was living with John at the time of the 1851 census and was then aged 23. If anyone has any interest in this particular family I'd love to hear from you and, if anyone has access to the 1861 census from Kimbolton, I'd love to know if the Turners were still living at 47 Church Yard then. Luckily, John Turner the cooper married a Susanna Putterill in Kimbolton on 20 February 1827, so that should be an easier name to trace. Cheers Annette of Wales