Hi List We have been looking for our Portsmouth rellies (there must be some somewhere out there) - these are the offspring of the line on MOREY related to us as follows: Julia Morey married Edward Oliver Smith in 1863 St Johns Church Northwood IOW. When married they resided in Cowes and prior to her nuptials Julia (sister to Great Great Grandfather Isaac Morey) had a shop in Cowes with Millinery and Fashions as the prime concerns. Her brother had a Bakery & Pastrycook business at 21 High Street Cowes across the road from her shop. Since Smith is not easy to research, we found that it took more and more time to unravel the mysteries of the liaison between Julia and Edward. They left Cowes in 1873 and returned to Portsmouth where Isaac previously lived worked and married - though he was born on the IOW. We assumed he died hence the reason they then left Cowes while other family members descendants of Isaac and Jane his late wife from Portsea - still remained in Cowes. We have now uncovered(we think and hope) the whereabouts of the families in Portsmouth area and are trying to locate anyone researching the above names from 1885 who may be connected to the families- onwards era when we know the marriages to the different children of Julia and Edward Smith began. These are their offspring with details of who we believe they wed: Caroline Julia Gleed Smith B 1865 Cowes who married George Charles Reeves at Portsea Sept Quarter 1885 Oliver Edward Smith B 1867 Cowes who married Emily nee Chivers Portsea March 1891 Quarter Annie Jane Smith B 1868 Cowes who married William Owen Middleton Portsea June 1890 Quarter Arthur Ernest Smith Born 187- Calbourne IOW (Porchfield) who married Margaret Packham 4 March 1896 Freshwater IOW William Smith Born 1873 Portsea who possibly married Alice Simmond 1899 All Saints Freshwater IOW Can anyone INTERESTED or even perhaps who may be descended from these people who is also researching these names in that era in Portsmouth district please contact. Any help to locate a living relly would be much appreciated. Thank you John & Angela _________________________________________________________________ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/