May I thank all who replied to my request for a look-up. The response was so good that I owe it to you to explain why I made the request. Benjamin MILLWARD and Hannah (RADFORD) were active in the Fenny Bentley area of Derbys about 1820. By 1851 3 of their children were in Stockport but I have found no records of the parents after 1820. They are not in the Staffs or Cheshire or Derbyshire censuses and there are few possible death records. I then startred to look further afield and noticed that a Benjamin had died in the Kidderminster area in 1876 aged 86 which fits my ancestor perfectly. There were also a few Hannahs in the same area who could fit. Eric MILLWARD. My gg granparents I added NO attachments to this message. My virus-free Family Tree at http://genman.worldonline.co.uk/FamilyHistory.html (updated 06 May 2005) takes 40 sec to load narrowband. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.16 - Release Date: 24/05/2005

Dear Eric, -----Original Message-----I then startred to look further afield and noticed that a Benjamin had died in the Kidderminster area in 1876 aged 86 which fits my ancestor perfectly. There were also a few Hannahs in the same area who could fit. I have seen your recent request on the List and wonder if you can throw any light on someone in my family tree? A branch of my Cradley (Black Country not Malvern) RAYBOULD family left for Birmingham in the early 1800s to work in the gun trade there. I am in regular contact with direct descendants, in fact the families have remained in contact for 200 years. William Raybould, my second 4 times removed, married Jane MILLWARD at St. Peter & St. Paul's Parish Church, Aston on 12 May 1856. Jane's year of birth is suggested as 1836 by her marriage certificate (age 20 when she married William Raybould in 1856) and by her death certificate (age 54 in 1890) 1838. However, according to the 1881 Census (age 43 at 48 Hewlett Road, Bow, London) she may have born as late as 1838. There is an IGI record of a christening of a Jane Millward in Kidderminster on 11 June 1832, with parents Benjamin and Ann. The name of this Jane's father and the place of birth "fit" with Jane and William Raybould's 1856 marriage certificate, on which Jane's father is given as Benjamin Millward, weaver, and and with the 1881 Census on which Jane's birthplace is given as Kidderminster. However, it could be that this Jane died in infancy and that the name was given also to a later child. I have looked at Jane Milward in your family tree, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah and wonder if my people might be your Kidderminster connection? Best wishes, Nigel Brown Wolverhampton