Hello Diane, Not a lot of luck with the census records except that he gives his date of birth as c1833 on the both the 1861/71 census records and place of birth not known on the 1861 but Westbury on the 1871. In the 1861 census of Westbury (RG9/1757, folio 50, page 4) both he and wife to be Martha are described as Visitors in the household of Samuel SLATTER, aged 59, Sawyer, born Westbury and his wife Ruth, aged 63, born Minchinhampton. If you purchase William's marriage certificate (marriage registered June qtr 1861 at Westbury on Severn, vol 6a, page 389 according to FreeBMD) it should give you the name & occupation of his father. I can't find him with any certainty in either 1841/51 census records. HTH Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "barrie greentree" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:19 PM Subject: [GLS] BLICK Family > Hi all > Looking for information re William James BLICK b. approx 1838 Gloucester. > Martha HARRIS b. approx 1839-1840 wife, m. in 1861 in Westbury S. Two > sons Arthur William Charles b. approx 1868 Wiltshire & Edward Henry George > b. approx 1872 Wolverhampton. The family came out to New Zealand in 1874 > on the ship the "Soukar". > Elizabeth Sparks was William James BLICK'S mother, does anyone know which > BLICK she married. > Regards > Diane Greentree > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1826 - Release Date: 03/12/2008 09:34