This rather sad series of entries on freebmd might explain why Samuel is a widower in 1861 if this is his family:- Births Jun 1859 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Baggin Female Sheffield 9c [3_]64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Deaths Jun 1859 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- BAGGIN Eliza Sheffield 9c 270 BAGGIN Female Sheffield 9c 251 Janet www.researchingrelatives.com