Hello Tracey, >From Gloucestershire FHS Baptismal Index: 26 February 1826 at Tetbury St Mary Frederick WILKINS son of John & Elizabeth WILKINS, Pargeter, Dursley Other children baptised to this couple are: 26 December 1813 Ann WILKINS daughter of John & Betty 20 July 1817 Harriet WILKINS daughter of John & Elizabeth Have you obtained Frederick & Ann's marriage certificate? This will give you his father's name & profession which should make Frederick easier to trace and confirm whether the above baptism is the correct one. The registration details are: Frederick WILKINS & Ann VIZARD March qtr 1848 Dursley reg district, vol 11, page 317. There would appear to be 2 other WILKINS males who are also Pargeters having children at the same time as John & Elizabeth, a George married to a Mary and a Jacob married to an Elizabeth - perhaps relatives to John?? There is the following VIZARD child baptised at Dursley to your couple, which gives Titus his full name - phew what a mouthful: 12 December 1817 Elizabeth VIZARD daughter of Epaphroditus & Bathsheba, Labourer, Dursley There is a marriage on the FHS Marriage Index at Dursley on 25 August 1816 of a Dytus VIZARD & Bathsheba HILL, by banns which sounds a likely candidate for Ann's parents. Gloucestershire Burial Index has the following relevant burials: 9 July 1830 at Dursley John WILKINS, aged 54 10 September 1849 at Dursley Betty WILKINS, aged 68 There is also a burial at Dursley on 1 August 1823 of a Mary WILKINS, aged 87 - perhaps a further generation back? However, I can't find burials for either Titus or Bathsheba VIZARD on the Index. However, they are still alive in the 1851 census of Dursley (HO107/1959, folio 407, page 28), which explains why they are not on the Burial Index asd it only goes up to 1851: Hardings Cottages Epaphroditus VIZARD Head Mar 63 Laborer Gloucestershire Uley Bathsheba do Wife Mar 64 Wool Picker do Cam Jane do Daur U 23 Charwoman do Dursley Joseph do Grandson 4 Scholar do do HTH and let me know if I can help further. Janet Subject: [GLS] Wilkins/Vizard family > Frederick Wilkins was born 1820 and it was thought in Gloucestershire, but > that now seems up for debate. He married Ann Vizard on the 16th January, > 1848 in Dursley, Gloucestershire.

On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:59:08 +0100, Janet Booth <janet@boothworld.co.uk> wrote: > There is the following VIZARD child baptised at Dursley to your couple, > which gives Titus his full name - phew what a mouthful: > > 12 December 1817 Elizabeth VIZARD daughter of Epaphroditus & > Bathsheba, > Labourer, Dursley Hi Janet and Tracey, I had been wondering if the Essaphroditus VIZARD in the 1851 Gloucestershire census transcription was really Epaphroditus, a name which I hadn't come across before today. (I put Essaphroditus into Google and came up with Epaphroditus.) I found further information about the name here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epaphroditus Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com