Dear Gordon, Thank you so very much for all the wonderful details you've sent, but oo-er! I'm beginning to think my family found it obligatory to only marry cousins, and then their offspring married their cousins! Off to try and input all this great information into FTM, it's like linking circles together! Fascinating info., many thanks again. Best regards, Yvonne >> Hi Yvonne >Can you please help out with any family details for Maggie Hughes. Harold Walter DODD's bride Margaret HUGHES (b1871 Hoose) was the youngest daughter of Thomas HUGHES (b1831 Hoose) and Ann HARDING who were married 19th May 1857 in Wrexham, Denbighshire. Children of Thomas & Ann (Harding) HUGHES, all born in Hoose :- 1858 William Croxton (m Mary HICKEY) 1859 Mary Lizzie (m Walter Charles HEAVYSEGE 1890 Hoylake) 1862 Emily (m George Percival MOSS 1889 West Kirby) 1863 Sarah Anne (m (i) William SWIFT (ii) Joseph Powell BIRD) 1864 Fanny (m Robert Roberts ECCLES 1884 B'head Holy Trinity) 1866 Thomas 1867 John 1868 Archibald 1870 Moses 1871 Margaret (m Robert RAINFORD 1890 Hoylake) Thomas HUGHES (b1831 Hoose) was a son of Thomas HUGHES (b1804 Hoose) and Mary JONES (b1803 Great Meols) who married 27 Feb 1828 in West Kirby St Bridget.. Thomas & Mary (Jones) HUGHES had only one other child viz John (b1828 Hoose) who married Ann STEENS (b1825 Heswall) c1850. Thomas HUGHES (b1804) was a son of Joseph HUGHES (b1782 Great Meols) and Mary BARLOW (b1780 Hoose) who married 3 Aug 1802 in West Kirby St Bridget. Children of Joseph and Margaret (Barlow) HUGHES, all born in Hoose :- 1804 Thomas (m Mary JONES 1828 as above) 1806 Jane (m Thomas DUNCAN 1827 West Kirby St Bridget) 1809 Joseph (m Mary OWENS 1830 Liverpool St Peter) Both Thomas and Joseph HUGHES were "found drowned" in November 1830, assumed the consequence of a fishing accident. Joseph HUGHES (b1782) was a son of Thomas HUGHES and Jane WRIGHT who were married 14 October 1771 in Liverpool St Peter. Children of Thomas and Jane (Wright) HUGHES, all born in Great Meols :- 1772 William 1774 Richard (m Alice ECCLES 1794 Formby Chapel) 1777 Catherine 1779 Nelly 1782 Joseph (m Margaret BARLOW 1802 as above) Thomas Hughes' bride from the 1828 marriage viz Mary JONES (b1803) was a daughter of Thomas JONES (b1779 Great Meols) and Nancy BECK (b1781 Kendal, Westmorland) who were married 9 November 1801 in Liverpool St Nicholas. Children of Thomas and Nancy (Beck) JONES, all born in Great Meols :- 1802 Kitty (m Joseph BIRD 1 July 1823 Liverpoool St Peter) 1803 Mary (m (i) Thomas HUGHES (ii) William CROXTON) 1805 Betty (m Joseph ARMITAGE 1823 Liverpool St Mark) 1807 Peter (m Mary ROBERTS 1829 Liverpool St Nicholas) 1809 William (m (i) Catherine ANDERTON (ii) Mary Harding) 1811 Thomas (d 1813) 1814 Thomas (m Elizabeth JONES 27 Jan 1840 Liverpool St Nicholas) 1816 Sarah 1819 Samuel (m Elizabeth STEENS 1840 Liverpool St Phillip) 1821 Agnes (d 1821) 1825 Susannah (m (i) Thomas JACKSON (ii) John WILSON) Thomas JONES (b1779) was a son of Peter JONES (born c1743) and Elizabeth HUGHES (born c1742) who were married 21 February 1774 in West Kirby St Bridget. Children of Peter and Elizabeth (Hughes) JONES, all born in Great Meols :- 1776 Thomas (d 1776) 1777 William (m (i) Sarah MIDDLETON (ii) Mary from Amlwch, Anglesey) 1779 Thomas (m Nancy BECK 1801 as above) 1780 Nancy (m William EVANS 8 Jan 1779 Liverpool St Nicholas) 1781 Elizabeth (m John ECCLES 15 March 1801 West Kirby St Bridget) 1784 Peggy (m Joseph SHERLOCK 12 Aug 1800 Liverpool St Peter) 1785 Molly (d 1785) 1787 Molly (d 1803) 1789 Peter (d 1805) Incidentally, a great-great-grandson of humble Hoylake fisherman Peter JONES (b1743) via his grandaughter Mary JONES' second marriage to William CROXTON was Sir Archibald Tutton James SALVIDGE (b1863 Birkenhead) who was made Privy Counsellor in 1922. He was instrumental in approving the plans for the first Mersey Tunnel, opened in 1934 (6 years after his death), being referred to thus by local historians (from the MTUA web-site) :- "In 1922 a committee was set up between Liverpool, Birkenhead, Bootle and Wallasey to draw up plans for a crossing. The committee was chaired by Sir Archibald Salvidge from Liverpool. He was the main driving force in getting the crossing". No doubt Peter was shouting from his grave "That's my boy!" :-) Regards Gordon <<