Maybe someone on this list can help me with my brick wall of more than 25 years. Sorry for its wordiness. I'm looking for the parents of my 3 x gt grandfather John LEIGH who married Ann SUTTON 1811 Dec 3 in Burslem St John's. John LEIGH was a potter's printer and was born about 1792 (in Burslem according to his German death registration). About 1830, he joined the pottery firm in Wallerfangen (then Vaudrevange), Saarland, owned by Nicolas VILLEROY who in 1836 combined with Jean-François BOCH to form the firm of Villeroy and Boch which still exists today. John LEIGH died in Wallerfangen in 1867. His wife, Ann SUTTON, died in Wallerfangen in 1853. I have traced the family in Germany/France from 1833 until 1898 when readily available sources end. By 1898 most family members were living in Sarreguemines, Moselle, France (also called at various times Saargemund, Saarland, Germany). At least one family member, Leo(n) LEIGH, emigrated before 1898 to the USA from Germany. Over the years, in Germany/France, the LEIGHs in Wallerfangen intermarried with the VUILLIET, MULLER, BAURET, MANN, and NICOLET families. I have the death records of both Ann SUTTON (died 1853 Aug 28) and John LEIGH (died 1867 Dec 26) from Wallerfangen civil records. These normally list parents who in the case of Ann SUTTON are Joseph SUTTON and Jane COPELAND. Unfortunately the informant on the death of John LEIGH (a son also John LEIGH) didn't know the names of his LEIGH grandparents. There was at least one other English potter from Burslem who was in Wallerfangen in the mid-1800's, presumably also working for Villeroy & Boch. This was Jacob EGERTON who appears in the Wallerfangen (St Catherine's) parish register several times with LEIGH family members and others. He married a VUILLIET in Wallerfangen. My own 2 x gt grandfather, Samuel LEIGH, either did not emigrate to Wallerfangen with the family, or returned to England shortly after emigrating. He married Jane HUGHES at Burslem St John 1833 Feb 4. Thanks for any information or clues for further research. ....... Jack ========================================================================= 5030 Meadfeild Road, West Vancouver, BC, Canada V7W 3G2 (604) 926-4422