Joy, I guess that you are aware of the link between the name ARKELL and Wiltshire? Specifically the brewery of that name in Swindon. Just in case not, here's a link to the brewery's history: http://www.arkells.com/history.php This extract may be relevant to your search "John Arkell was a remarkable man. Born into a farming family in 1802 in Kempsford, South Gloucestershire, he emigrated to the New World in his late twenties and took with him a group of local people..." The timescale fits well with your CARTER family and Broad Blunsdon (referenced in Corinne's message) is close to Swindon, and also Kempsford, although over the county border in Gloucestershire, is also close to Broad Blunsdon. HTH, -- Arthur In message <SNT130-w11D150431068E9C1034A79FF170@phx.gbl>, Joy Beaton <joy_beaton@hotmail.com> writes > >I would like to bring home James and Charlotte CARTER, my great, great >grandparents. They came to Canada c. 1830 and settled in what is now >known as Arkell, Ontario, Canada. > >They and their family came from Wiltshire, but I do not know where in >Wiltshire. > >James, born 1769 (James was 62 when he arrived in Canada) >Charlotte >John >James >Thomas >Ruth >Mary Ann > >Would love to know exactly where in Wiltshire they came from and to be >able to talk with them about their life in England. > >- Joy > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >