In a message dated 28/02/2005 14:04:19 GMT Standard Time, caroline.coffey13@btinternet.com writes: I wondered if anyone can help me find my great grandfathers sisters husbands family? I am looking for Edwin George Mawby and his family he was born in 1869, but on the 1901 census he was supposed to have been born Isle of White Hants? I was speaking to a Mawby family member and she had trouble finding his birth as well as she was told he wasn't born in Isle Of White. Hi I had a look at the 1881 census for you and I think I can see where the trouble arose. Two of the older children were born in the Isle of Wight but your chappie, if this is the right one, was born in Hayes Green Middlesex. However this Edwin was only ten years old. Possibly as his two older sibling were born on the Isle of Wight he possibly thought he was as well. I had a look at the 1901 census and found George Mawby [possibly he preferred to be called George rather than Edwin] and as you say it says Isle of White spelt Wight]. I couldn't see him on the 1891 census for anywhere at Ancestry.co.uk. I have sent you two attachments off line which may help you to sort this out. I hope they help. Best wishes JUDY ELKINGTON _www.elkingtonfamily.com_ (http://www.elklingtonfamily.com/) ELKINGTON-L@rootsweb.com