My HOUGHTONs are: George HOUGHTON, journeyman spademaker, dob and wife unknown. His son William HOUGHTON, iron worker at coal mine, b Wigan, Lancashire, abt 1838, m Ann HOWARD 5 June 1858 Standishgate, Wigan. William and Ann had the following children: Alice Ann, b Wigan 21/12/1859, (my great-grandmother) m Alfred HALL 1882. William, b Ince in Makerfield 29/12/1870, m Harriet Ann HARRIS 1897. George Edward, b Ince abt 1874. Lily Ann, b Ince abt 1877. Thomas Howard, b Ince abt 1879. I have very little information about them, and my brick walls are - George's ancestry and the name of his wife; dob or christening of the first William; were there any children between Alice Ann and William (perhaps in service on census night 1881?); descendants of George, Lily and Thomas. I am in touch with one descendant of the younger William. Best wishes, Estelle Wolfers, Ipswich UK