Hi Catherine. No sign of Stephen & Mary GIBBS in the 1841 Census for Laughton. The only GIBBS in Laughton was :- Church Cottage Morgrte (Margaret ?) GIBBS female age 75(-79) Occupation - Independent Born in Sussex. (HO 107/1118/7 folio 13) The 1841 Census indices on www.findmypast.com & www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk do not have a Stephen GIBB(S) aged 45-55 in Sussex. Either he is no longer there, or the entry is illegible or was missed in the indexing. The children are missing too but as adults may have married or scattered. Best wishes David in Bexhill, East Sussex, UK Catherine wrote :- > If anyone has access to the 1841 census of the Laughton area I would like the family details on Stephen Gibbs & wife Mary. Stephen's age would >be about 52. Catherine, Canada _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail http://www.newhotmail.co.uk