The difficulty with Edward Barlow is that it is a very common name in Stockport, added to which there were 4 or 5 Edwards born in the 1845-50 period in the town. He told his family that he employed men in Stockport and apparently he arrived in Oz with quite a bit of money which he quickly disposed of on the neddies. On his DC (1907) his parents are shown as Henry Barlow, builder and Martha Smith and there is no record I can find for an Edward with a mother of that name, so you can see this couple is a real problem. I am slowly trawling my way through the Sydney shipping records but so far,no luck. Gertrude died in 1947 in Bondi and the only entry in the parent`s column is ---- Rivers. Are there any new christening/birth records that have recently come to light for the Brixton area? That at least would give me something on Gertie. Thanks for your interest Ron, Cheers, Peter -----Original Message----- From: "Ron Lankshear" [ronlank@yahoo.com.au] Date: 11/08/2011 09:29 PM To: "Glenys & Peter" <curvedair@myway.com> CC: LONDON@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LON] BRICKWALL: Rivers Note: Original message sent as attachment