Dear Jon, You wrote: Carol, this is the list of 26 John SHIRLEYs (and variants) in the 1881 census for England and Wales born in the range 1850 +/- 5 years.......................... I want to thank you very much for the list of John SHIRLEY's. Gosh, I have been given quite a task :0) I really appreciate your help, hopefully one of them is mine ! Kind Regards, Carol