-----Original Message----- From: C & D Braithwaite [mailto:colinbra@telusplanet.net] Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:08 PM To: ENG-LAN-WARRINGTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN-WARR ] Thomas BRAITHWAITE Hi there, I am just wondering if anyone can help me with the above child last seen at age 29 on 1891 census still living at home with his parents. In family letters he is mentioned as being spoken of in a "hush hush way". Thomas (* 15 December 1861) was a tailor by trade and after his mother's death, left home (Canada or USA). His father stayed behind living and supporting himself. Father : James BRAITHWAITE ~ 15 August 1828, Warrington, Lanc Mother : Margaret (SPARKS - Frodsham Cheshire) ~ 21 October Frodsham, Cheshire - (Margaret's Father : Joseph SPARKS) Thomas had other brothers and sisters : Mary Ellen, Joseph, Dinah, Annie, Alice, Thomas's father was reared by his grandfather. Is there any advice or assistance for me please, in locating our "elusive" Thomas ? We have touched base today with more BRAITHWAITE family members whilst on our holiday and all seem to originally hail from Yorkshire. I have many missing pieces and would like to fix these. Does anyone know the original origins of the BRAITHWAITE/BREATHERD family. I only know a brief bit of how they came from Scotland to Yorkshire. Can anyone shed any light on these questions above. Apologies for the lengthiness of this query but I have tried to set it out for easy reading. Kind Regards Desiree Calgary, Alberta, Canada