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    1. [LEI] Seeking leads on William Adams of Bottesford, Leicestershire (Guy Etchells)
    2. John Peters
    3. Guy, Thanks for all the information. I am very familiar with your website. It is a wealth of information and a big thank you for putting that together! It was on your headstone pages of St. Mary the Virgin where I was able to locate the photos of a few members of my family. I also found information on my 2nd Great Grandfather George Harrison (Mary Adam's husband) who was a registrar and also of John Harrison (3rd GGF) (of Eaton - carrier). Do you by chance take requests for headstone photos from the church St. Mary's? I did not notice the Mary Adams that you mention living with Thos and Catherine who would have been born about 1840. I do have the 1841, 1851, and 1861 censuses for her living with her Grandparents George and Ann Riley (Penninah's parents). The birth age and other information I've collected line up too well for her to be anyone else than the Mary born 1835. What I do find interesting is why is she living with her Grandparents in all 3 census's rather than living with her mother? In fact, neither of her siblings appear in the 1841 census with their mother. In the 1851 Census, Mary Porter is living in the household of George and Ann Riley. This is Penninah's aunt. All in all to me it appears that Penninah gave the care for her 3 children from William over to her parents while she went off with John Lewty and began it all anew. It's yet another of those riddles where I may never find the answer. I have a similar situation going on with a fellow by the name of James Harrison. To conclude Mary's saga; in 1866, Mary Adams marries George Harrison (Registrar of births and deaths) and appears in the 1871 Census in Eaton. Thanks, John

    08/11/2013 01:26:55