Hi Peter, Thank you. William Pelling was born 10/7/1808 in Sompting, Sussex. He married on the 19/6/1832 in Bedminster, Bristol to Mary Ann Skinner. They had 12 children. William was a perfumer/wigmaker with a number of his siblings - Dearing who died in Bristol in 1838, Harriet death or marriage not found. In 1841 he was in Pennywell Rd, Bristol and in 1851 at 6 Eugene St Bristol. William Pelling received burns to his hands in a house fire at Pennywell road Bristol in 1842. Business partnership with Harriet ent He was in Gaol in Bristol in June 1843 and discharged under the "relief of insolvent debtors" in July 1843. His wife and two children died in 1854 within two weeks of each other - possibly from Cholera - In Bristol. Then he just disappears from the radar - but on his sons wedding in 1862 it states he is a grocer. His son was in the 32nd Regiment and the wedding was in Devon. His son enlisted in 1855 at Bristol. I have tried to follow a couple of those deaths but had ruled at least one of them out - but could be wrong. I have not been able to find him in the 1861 or 1871 census. Thank you Pat -----Original Message----- From: sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter R Booth Sent: Sunday, 16 February 2014 7:21 PM To: SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SXP] PELLING 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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message