Hi Chris, William Piggott has caused me some confusion in the course of researching my family history! I sent for his marriage certificate to Rosina Shaw thinking he was in fact my Great, Great Grandfather George William Piggott, who I knew had married a woman with the name of Rosina. When you refer to the census returns of 1861 and 1871 in your message, you are referring to George William Piggott and this particular strand of my family. However...! Since doing a little more delving into my family history, I discovered that George William Piggott married a lady called Rosa Sedgwick. Rosa's name has variants, including Rose, Rosina & Rosario, all of which appear in various historical documents. I can back all of this up as George William died in 1894, and Rosa re-married; her second marriage certificate states she was living at her Father's address at the time of the marriage, and gives his name as John Sedgwick. >From my family research at least, it would appear that William Piggott is a red herring! It's also an extraordinary coincidence that a Piggott, living in the same area of Middlesex, married a lady called Rosina. A further coincidence is the fact that William Piggott's occupation is listed as "Lighterman's mate" on his marriage certificate; George William's occupation was that of Thames lighterman. In fact, GW died on the job so to speak after "falling off his dumb barge whilst under way"! I am currently trying to discover more information about George William & Rosina's son, another George William, born in Middlesex c1868, so if anyone can help I'd be very grateful. Kind regards, Rebecca Woods _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail, News, Sport and Entertainment from MSN on your mobile. http://www.msn.txt4content.com/