My gr gr grandmother is Emma Guppy born Mappowder,1828, Dorset marrying Joseph Meaker marrying in Shepton Mallet betw 1845 and 1855 - is there any connection. I have as her parents Thomas and Mary Guppy. There is a Guppy web site: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=guppy&id=I6427> &db=guppy&id=I6427 where I found my information. Christine in Calgary.