Dear Howells, this is possibly a long shot, but I am trying to find some information on my paternal ggmother, Frances Mary Howell. She married my ggfather, Frank DICKINS, on 19 April 1891. According to the marriage cert., she was aged 19 and a spinster. We also know that she was seven (or so) months pregnant at the time with their first child, Florence. Her father is listed on the cert. as Henry HOWELL, a butcher by occupation. Frances and Frank were residing at 21 Park Street Marylebone at the time of their marriage. Her father did not bear witness to the marriage - it was witnessed by Frederick Elder and Lizzie Labine (mutual friends, perhaps?). Although I have subsequently been able to trace my ggfather's history back a further two generations, the trail has gone completely cold on Frances. The only other information I have is that she appears, with Frank, on the 1901 census, at 8 York Road, Southall, MIddx, aged 29, occupation "Mannequin", and that she died 18 January 1923, aged 51. Her date of birth would, therefore, be either 1871 or 1872, but I can find absolutely no trace of her birth being recorded. Neither can I find her or her father on the 1881 census. A long shot, like I said, but do any of you Howells out there have Frances or Henry in your history? Kind Regards, Derek Dickens Norfolk, UK (note the spelling - my ggfather's employer apparently changed his surname to DickENS on the pretext that he was illiterate and everybody knew of the author Charles Dickens!)