My great grandmother was born Rebecca Watts ca 1847 She married Alfred Thompson ca 1867 in Cook County IL, USA - No record of confirmation Alfred and Rebecca had 3 surviving daughters Ella, Clara and Margaret (my grandmother) Rebecca died 3 September 1880 in South Haven, VanBuren Co., MI, USA = Death record indicated her parents names as "WATTS and living in London." I have not been able to find and ship records with her listed, nor and specific link to her in London and environs. On approached I used, was locating through census records and parish information all of the Rebecca WATTS that I could find that were born during 1840's in London, Middlesex and Surrey and couple hits from outlying counties because the 1851 or 1861 census may have been living in London area locations. My list grew to 20 names. Research methodology: Starting with 1851 Census, listed all WATTS families having a daughter named "Rebecca" Continued with 1861 Census. If found in 1861 census looked for possible marriage or death in 1860's. and lastly the 1871 Census. A hit in these three eliminated that Rebecca as my g-grandmother as we know she was in United States by the time of her marriage in 1867. My research even included an immigration to Australia, thinking a possibility of than immigrating to USA later. But a marriage record and subsequent death in Australia eliminated her. We resolved the outcome of most of the Rebecca Watts on our list except for 4 as yet unresolved. They are: Rebecca d/o John and Eliza WATTS born Buckinghamshire Rebecca d/o Wm WATTS and Ann WATTS b. CA 1846 - Alverstoke, Hampshire. Rebecca d/o Charles and Rebecca WATTS b 1844 in St Pancras, Middlsex Rebecca d/o William Watts and Rebecca Bullen m 19 Dec 1847 and having daughter ca 1848 - Surrey. Looking for any information that might possibly help me. I would be happy to share my research of the WATTS families with other interested researchers. I publish a family newsletter "The Fitch Four Drive" and pdf copies of the newsletter are available on my web site. I published the information I had tracking Rebecca in Issue #38 December 2010. www.chinnery.info Don Chinnery Sun City Center FL USA