With a French name and living in Spitalfields this sounds very likely to be a Huguenot (French Protestant) family. there is an Australian Huguenot Society who had their inaugural conference at the beginning of the month. they have chapters of the Society in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney and there is a group in Adelaide. Have a look at their website. There is a lot of help available there. One of the lectures was about doing Huguenot research. I am in NZ but I belong to it. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Farrer" <maureenf@connexus.net.au> To: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> Cc: <LONDON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [LON] LAPORT > Thank you that John is mine and I do have those details from Ancestry, but > can't find his birth as I am trying to find his father, I know his mother > was Mary, but not the one who died on the 11 Dec 1800. > My Mary LAPORT was a housekeeper for Henry FARRER and already had her son > John with her. She then went on to have other children with Henry but as > he already had a living wife in Yorkshire (who > outlived them both) couldnt marry him. I have both Henry and Mary's wills. > He died in 1800 and she died in 1806, but by then called herself Mary > Farrer. I am trying to find more info on her. > thanks, > Maureen in Oz.