K&GFagg wrote: > Thanks for the responses... > The two people concerned are a Richard Fagg and his wife Rhoda Shepherd > (Hadley) Fagg. > > He was buried 12.09.1882 and she, 13.02.1888 in plot 8 grave 85 in > Cowgate Cem. Dover. > There are also two little ones named George in the grave , burial dates > 1841, 1842. > > I did track them on the census, but that gave no clues as to their > parents as far as I could see. Hallo Richard would have been born about 1799 and Rhoda about 1802, according to FreeBMD. The banns for their marriage were called 22, 29 Oct and 5 Nov 1826 at St Mary's, Walmer, Kent and the certificate for them sent to Deal where the banns were also called on the same dates. The marriage took place at St Leonard's, Deal on 12 Nov 1826 which is before civll registratiion started. That means there would not be any obvious link to their parents. A good possibility for Richard's baptism is this one from FamilySearch Richard FAGG, bapt 7 July 1799, Elham, Kent, s of:William and Ann Another possiblity, also found on FamilySearch, is: Richard FAGG, bapt 12 July 1801, Elham, Kent, s of John and Lidya [sic] You should be able to trace both these Richards to see if either are yours. Elham is about 5 miles from Folkestone which is just along the coast from Dover as are Walmer and Deal. Rhoda is a little easier. She was baptised 4 Sept 1801, St Leonard's, Deal, d of Samuel and Rhoda. This is on FamilySearch too. You should be able to trace her family back from here. SHEPPARD was the mother's maiden name. Rhoda Sheppard had a very much younger sister, Susanna Doorn, bapt 11 May 1817 also in Deal. FindMyPast also has parish registers for Kent, some with images. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/