I would like to post my interest in WILLIAM GILL , Ironfounder born abt. 1807 Stroud and wife ELIZABETH born littleworth. NO MARRIAGE OR FOREBEARS FOUND FOR EITHER. William & Elizabeth settled in LIMEHOUSE where he was a Master Ironfounder employing 8 men. Their first child, John born abt. 1828 Lambeth was the only child not born in Limehouse. William & Elizabeth must have kept their ties to Gloucestershire as two of their boys married into a GARDINER family from there. The girls were Selina and Hannah Gardiner. Their Father was Paul Hawkins Gardiner born abt. 1800 and Maria (Carter?) born abt. 1804. They were married on 13.9.1821 in Minchinhampton. Their children were Harry born Stroud 25.4.1824, Selina 5.4.1829 Stroud who married John Gill in Stroud on 29.7.1850. Later, with their children, they emigrated to Australia where Selina died in 1883. Three more children of Paul Hawkins Gardiner & Maria were born in Stroudshill and were Matthew 11.1.1826, Enoch, born & Christened ll.6.1826 and Hannah 31.7.1831 who married Charles Gill when both were aged 21 on 24.10.1852. Parents of Paul Hawkins Gardiner MAY have been Paul Gardiner & he MAY have married a Mary Davis in Kemploy 10.10.1763. I am particularly interested in the Gill family who were direct forebears of my Husband and if anyone can shed any light on William Gill & Elizabeth's origins and forebears, I would be v. grateful. Regards, Dene