Hi Merv, I have spent some time this morning having a look at the information on the Rossiters. Richard Rossiter and Jane Coppell look to be a good match for the parents of Bryan from the details that I saw on the Lancs OPC website, compared with directory entries for Liverpool in the mid 1820s. Richard's occupation for the births of his children is shown as Hatter or Hatmaker. In the 1824 Gore's Directory entry, Bryan, Richard Snr and Richard Jr are all living at 2 Westmoreland Place, Liverpool with Richard Snr's occupation being that of Gentleman. I searched around for the 1825 Gore's Directory, and found them all at 2 Westmoreland Place still, but this time Richard Snr's occupation is shown as that of a Hatter,Bryan is shown as an Excise Officer, and Richard jr works in Customs: http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp The 1827 directory shows Richard Rossiter (and I'm assuming this is Snr) on his own at 1 Westmoreland Place, and again his occupation has reverted to Gentleman. If you google the name of "Richard Rossiter" and "Hatter" or "Hatmaker" there are a few entries from the Bankrupcy pages of the London Gazette in the 1790s, where he is described as a Hatter, Dealer and Chapman which would go some way to explaining that as a business man - even as a sometime failed one - he might have been able to accrue enough money to describe himself as a Gentleman. The following links I'm assuming to be Richard Jr in 1825 and 1829: http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp Given that one of Bryan and Ann's daughters, and possibly their first child, is called Jane, I would imagine that is a nod to Jane Coppell being Bryan's mother. It's not quite the confirmation you were looking for, but if this was my family tree, I'd be happy to add the details in with a reasonable degree of certainty while I waited for updates to be added onto the Lancs OPC website :o) Regards, Sally

Sorry, Merv, but the links I'd sent don't appear to work :o( This is the website I used - http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/ The best way to search for the Rossiter information is to go to Search By Location and then click on the county of Lancashire on the map. You will see on the list the Gore's Directories, so click on whichever one you want to search, and then when the first page of the book appears, enter the surname into the search box above it and hit return. You will then be able to click the "next hit" option to take you to each match it finds within the pages for that year. This is a great free site that has a selection of directories from all over England and Wales and for a wide range of years. I recommend it to all of the listers :o) Regards, Sally