On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:22:52 -0500 "Ernest Burniston" <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Ernest, > I wonder if anyone has this individual in their past. I have him in Not one of mine but.... > the 1871,1881,1891 and 1901 census. I have his birth in 1840. However > I cannot find either of his marriages or his death in the GRO. In the At FreeBMD; Sep 1861 (>99%) Atkin William Sheffield 9c 470 ELLIS Martha Sheffield 9c 470 Smith Sarah Sheffield 9c 470 Ward William Beldon Sheffield 9c 470 Gives you the surname of Martha. > second "wife" was Sarah Ann Burniston, my ggrandmother. The only Nothing obvious at FreeBMD. > thing I know about his first "wife" is that her name was Martha and > she died in 1873. This would seem to be her death registration. Again, from FreeBMD. Mar 1873 (>99%) WARD Martha 36 Ecclesall B. 9c 194 -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" It's got nothing to do with the need to impress Titanic (My Over) Reaction - 999