This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lBHBAIB/80.2 Message Board Post: My ggreat grandfather Joseph Severs is rumoured to have been born 1806 in Hipswell Yorkshire and made his home unfortunatly not his fortune in Kendal Westmorland where he went into busness as a chemist with a partner as Severs and Bateson ,there apears to have been some other Severs in the area but as yet have not linked them.Any help would be appreciated and returned in kind if possible Regards Steve Hale