Hi, It has been a while since I worked on my PELLING family. I would be very interested in contact with anyone researching the family of Francis PELLING & Catherine CHARLETT married in Ashurst 4th Jan 1785. The youngest few children moved to Bristol in the early part of 1800s and worked as wig makers/ perfumers. I am having trouble sorting out the death of the youngest William PELLING and wonder if he moved back to Sussex and maybe the death in Mar Qrt at Thakeham aged 67 in 1875 is him. I know that the family appeared to fall on hard times and I am having trouble picking him up after the death of his wife in 1854. Regards Pat

Pat, William Pelling b1808 appears in seven public trees on Ancestry. Three have no death details; three have 12 Nov 1872; and one has 1854. The 1872 death at Hailsham is listed on FreeBMD as Moses Pelling. In 1854, FreeBMD has four possibilities. This is where it's important to know where he was living in 1851, where his wife died, and if you've found him or his children in 1861. If you believe he died in 1875, all the above are wrong. But you have to make a case for him in 1871 census. Certainly the given age of 67 fits an 1808 birth. Peter