This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spiers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AiIBAEB/139 Message Board Post: You are quite correct Ron, there does seem to be a bit of a mystery here. But Joseph Spiers and Mary Coulter were married in 1949, and Samuel James Spiers wasn't born until 15yrs later. Mary would have been 18yrs old when she gave birth to Samuel James. If I could only find out the DOB of Joseph Spiers it would help. Elizabeth