Besides thanking all of you who were so kind as to reply to my query, I wanted to add that the relative who was the borough inspector in the 1871 census was William THORNES (Denise, prick up your ears!!), born ca. 1840 in Philadelphia, USA. The funny thing is that the Ancestry entry has his surname indexed as THOMAS, a very common mistake, and born in the Philippines (not so common this one...). It's an interesting story. The 1851 census shows William living with his grandmother Charlotte THORNES at Holywell Terrace, Holy Cross & St. Giles parish, Shrewsbury. He was 11, and since he had been born in Philadelphia around 1840 I checked the 1840 US census. Lo and behold, there's a Thomas THORNES there, with two sons and a daughter in the 0-5 age group. Unfortunately, this census doesn't give the names of the other members of the family or nationality or any immigration data. I'm pretty sure that William is one of the children shown here and Thomas his father was probably the son of Edward of Argoed THORNES and his wife Charlotte, also a THORNES, and a cousin. There's a large tomb in the Kinnerley churchyard for these Thornes, probably built by Charlotte, although Edward is not buried there. My friend Denise Downes, who is on this list, was kind enough to supply the information on the tomb. Thanks again to all, Alejandro Milberg Boston, Mass.