Thank you, Moira. I have flagged your email and will get back with you after my brother's funeral. Best regards, Betty P -----Original Message----- From: Moira Edge [mailto:moira.edge@clear.net.nz] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:05 PM To: polombo@unr.net Subject: Re: Thomas Hodge Green Obituary January 20 2001 Hullo Betty first of all my sincere condolences on the loss of your brother Thomas.It must be a sad time right now Just ignore this if you feel I'm imposing. Its a long shot but I wondered what the HOLMES/EDGE connection was.Our Thomas was born in Cheshire 1829 and married Lucy Holmes 1851 in Liverpool,England. John was born there in 1851 and had HOLMES added as a middle name at his Christening.John's son,also a master marine,decided to use HOLMES-EDGE as his surname and now some of my husband's siblings use this(as did his parents) while Dave and his brother have dropped the HOLMES and just use EDGE. Just the fact your brother was called Thomas and you had the Holmes and Edge names together made me curious. Our Edges are men of the sea with my husband also a master mariner as were his grandfather and gr grandfather (lost at sea on the Erin ). I hope I'm not intruding at this time sincerely Moira Edge