Hello Everyone. As the list seems to have gone rather quiet this past week or so (unless I'm not getting the mailings) I thought I would share this discovery from my research made this week. My GGGgrandmother was a certain Ann Billimore, originally from Newmarket. She married my GGGgrandfather, John Harrison, a race-horse trainer originally from Derbyshire. They then lived in Chantilly, France and later Epsom, Surrey. Because my GGgrandfather was born in France I hit a brick wall which stayed unsolved until a few weeks ago. I have now discovered that one of Ann Billimore's sisters married a chap called Osman from the Isle of Wight. She was his second wife. His first wife was Jemima HOLLIS, also from the IOW. I always thought that my family came from the Sussex and Somerset areas (Paternal two generations and maternal many generations). I was born in Portsmouth and worked for many years in Gloucestershire where I met my wife, Lynn. In 1988 Lynn and I married. Her maiden name was HOLLIS and her family come from the IOW. Coincidence or what?? Kind Regards to All. Steve Harrison