In my own relatively small Nixey family, William George Nixey who began the Nixey Black Lead business was always shown to be the son of James and Mary Ann in copies of the family tree I'd been sent both electronically and by snail mail. I had my doubts for many years, until with the help of a certain lister (bless her heart), I was able to pin down his baptism record and prove my gutt feelings to be %100 correct. This was in addition to the fact that on his marriage certificate he stated his father to be John Nixey, a Wheelwright. James was a blacksmith. William George was bapt 1812 and died 1870, William who was the son of James was bapt in 1813 and died 1852. I was so thrilled to be able to put his family records straight, but no doubt even though I've sent corrected info to quite a number of Nixey researchers, I still have had copies stating him to be the son of James. I wholeheartedly Echo the words of Mrs Richards in the best ever sketch in Fawlty Towers: "Why don't people listen!" Regards to all, Jon