Good evening all from a sticky Yate - something shared by not a few places I suspect. I know there are one or two of you at least who have an interest in knowing the origin of the William John Lovelock whose Census history has been captured by Alan Whitaker and published by James on the 'Work in Progress' page. I now have a copy of his Birth Certificate, and although he was born in the Devizes RD, he wasn't actually born in the town itself. He was in fact born at Littleton, West Lavington. He was the son of John Lovelock and Harriet Gaydon, so he very much belongs in the Wroughton/Tidcombe tree. James will make the necessary amendments to the website data in due course. I've just done a bit of rechecking of Free BMD to see if we could throw any more light on the mysterious absence of the family from the 1861 Census. The death of a John Lovelock in the Devizes RD was registered in 4Q 1854, ref 5a 56, which could be the father. But no sign of a Harriet death or re-marriage in Devizes or the surrounding area. Since we know her father's name as well I thought to find Harriet in 1851 or 1841 and see if her place of birth helped to trace her in 1861. Drew a complete blank there as well. Perhaps someone will have better luck than me? Regards to all Graham

Hello Graham and James, Relative of Loveluck family will be on my website, next week. Included in the first 100 graves at the New Aberavon Graveyard. This yard will be updated weekly.at- http://www.aberavon-historical-friends.co.uk/ But I have just that one grave as a preview here- B48 Nicholas James son of Nicholas James and Jessie Bate died 11th.Nov.1887.aged 1 year and 10 months. Jessie Bate died 14th.Jan.1938.aged 79 years. Best Regards Allen in heat affected Aberavon

Hello Allen, Thanks for the Bate family MIs from New Aberavon Graveyard, which I've entered in my Loveluck database. For those who're wondering what is the Lovelock/luck connection, the second husband of my gg grandmother (née Harriet Courtis) was Nicholas Bate, and their son Nicholas James Bate married Jessie Jones. James Allen wrote the following on 21/07/2006 17:52: > Hello Graham and James, > Relative of Loveluck family will be on my website, next week. > Included in the first 100 graves at the New Aberavon Graveyard. This > yard will be updated weekly.at- > http://www.aberavon-historical-friends.co.uk/ > > But I have just that one grave as a preview here- > > B48 Nicholas James > > son of Nicholas James and Jessie Bate > > died 11th.Nov.1887.aged 1 year and 10 months. > > Jessie Bate > > died 14th.Jan.1938.aged 79 years. > > Best Regards > > Allen in > > heat affected Aberavon > > > > ==== LOVELOCK Mailing List ==== > Lovelock family history Web pages: > http://perso.numericable.fr/~lovjames/family-history/lovelock/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >