Hi Joe, There is a marriage on freeBMD in Portsmouth in 1906. Alfred Henry Austen married Gladys Ada Funnell. This is most likely to be the couple you are looking for, bearing in mind their daughter was then named Ada. This couple actually had at least 4 children - Leslie E b.1912, Ida D b.1913, Alfred D b.1917 and Ada b.1922 all in Portsmouth. They possibly had other children but before 1911 the mother's maiden name isn't shown. Of course whether this family tie up with your relations in Whitechapel is another mystery for you! Hope this info is of help Lynda , > From: austengenealogy@iprimus.com.au > > A chance browse on Freebmd looking for an aunts birth year(which I found) has sparked another mystery or 2 for me. an Ada Austen(no relation as far as I know) was born in Portsmouth in mid 1922. her mothers` maiden name was given as Funnell. > By chance my grandmothers` oldest half brother, married a Funnell in the Whitechapel area of London in 1915 having spent much of his youth in Portsmouth. has anyone got any clues about how I could research the Funnell clan. > _________________________________________________________________ Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/