Dear List My ggf's first born (in 1849) was Mary Looms, she hailed from Llanfair PG in Anglesey and appears to have been brought up by her Aunt Mary Williams at the Stag Public House. In the 1871 census she appears as Mary Sprat having with her a child George 1 year old born in Liverpool. The Patriach of the Looms family, Thomas Looms, was a railwayman and hailed from Leicestershire but travelled with the construction of the railway finally settling in Anglesey where there are still many members of the Looms family. It is said that there were three brothers but I can only trace Thomas (b1825) on Anglesey perhaps there was a Liverpool connection which might explain why Mary had her child George there and perhaps she returned to have more little Sprats? All help gratefully received. Barry