> Sorry to be a nuisance! No problem! > I have been having a further look at the 1851 Census information you > posted > for Adam and it would appear to me that the William Adam, widower, aged 73 > at > 9 Bridge Street could be Thomas Adam's father. > > Thomas had a sister named Jane (Jean?) and another named Isabella but > their > ages are adrift by about 3 or 4 years less. I also have a Margaret Adam > born > in August 1827 which would make her 23 at the time of the census but if > the 3 > or 4 years difference applied here also could this be the E... you have > included? Anything is possible, but I can't read my own writing! I wasn't aware before this that you were interested - the information was posted in response to a rather elderly query from Jane Kelly, but I do not know whether it reached her or not. Anne