Hi Bill, Do not discount two sons named the same from different marriages. I have two instances - One in the 1800s - two Williams born to the same parents, both alive at the same time (from census). One in the twentieth century, couple had a son called Peter, he survived, they then divorced, Mum married again and guess what, she called one of her new sons Peter who also survived - so two sons from the same mother both named Peter. Happy hunting, Annette WATSON Lismore Australia At 11:02 AM 15/09/2014, you wrote: >William is my 6x grandfather, I know nothing of his parents, he married in >Tanfield when he was 37 years of age to Isabel Ramsay/Ramshaw. I have always >thought he was rather old to be marrying for the first time but have been >unable to find an earlier marriage. It was suggested to me several years ago >by a lady in New Zealand that he did marry earlier and had four children >that she knew of, although she did not know of a second marriage. I lost her >data & address when I suffered a lightning strike on the house which >destroyed my hard disk. There appeared to be a son born to each marriage >with the same name the earlier one surviving until after the birth of the >second one. Hence my doubt that the marriages were for the same person. > >I seek help in establishing or otherwise the earlier marriage etc. Any & all >help advice offered will be greatly appreciated. > >Regards, > >Bill Adams in Sri Lanka > >.. >Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. >Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. > >The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at >http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message