Hello all you clever Manchester researchers, here's one for you. My Samuel Boffey (various versions, even Befey - father Samuel Boffey, mother Phebe Linney) and his wife Ann Dale married at Manchester Cathedral 1795 and managed to produce 10 children. Samuel & Ann moved to Oswestry, Shropshire, where Samuel became a builder and inn keeper and ended up a gentleman if you please. Up to recent times I had managed to find all his children's baptisms at Manchester Cathedral and the continuing family history of four of the children, particular Sarah b. 1795 from whom I am descended. The other six children left me a puzzle, no marriages etc., until the Lancashire OPC came up with most of them dying less than one year old 1801-1806. Diseases? Apart from the four in Oswestry, two others in Manchester lived on, one son to 1822 and Hannah to 1814, the entry of burial reads "Abode Lomas's Buildings." I'm just wondering what my Samuel was doing there at the time, because originally he was shown to have been a weaver. Most of the deceased children were buried from St. Thomas, Ardwick. Perhaps the family moved from Ardwick (not exactly sure of its location at this time, but suppose I should look at some maps) back into central Manchester? Anyway, see this url. Is this the Lomas Buildings as mentioned, I wonder. The family had moved to Oswestry by 1828 as noted by the death of daughter Emma born 1812. http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour4/area4page67.html Any advice or info re. this little puzzle gratefully received. Best wishes to all Graham Melbourne Oz