Hi, I am really moved that so many people have replied to me offering suggestions in solving my search problem. Thank you Christine, Lynn, Vern, Carmel. You are all very kind, thank you. I really do not know how long they were in Blackburn, but Catherine was born in Lancashire so I feel she might have been born in Blackburn. Her Father's name was William Sharples. George & Catherine had two children Elizabeth & George. Elizabeth was born in Swansea in Wales in 1852. The sad thing is Elizabeth died at sea and George died in 1854 also Catherine the same year. It is very sad, and it would be nice to find more information. I am going to apply for the death certificate of the baby George?, we have Catherines death certificate, but it says she was in Australia longer than she was. We are trying to find them on the shipping and are not having much luck there either, but I will keep looking. I feel maybe if someone could do a lookup for the 1851 census, they just might be in Blackburn. I hope they would be anyway, if this is possible I would be very grateful. I will try and get someone else to read the writing on the certificate, as I do not have a scanner, and maybe we can some how work out the place of birth. Tiverton keeps coming up from family, but there is lot's of Tiverton's in the UK. Anyway, sorry to go on. Thank you all so much. Best wishes, Pat.