Hi folks, More transcriptions of George's notes:- 1851 census:- John Rayston, head, Mar, 42 engineer, Wike, YKS Maria Rayston, wife, Mar, 40, ,Bradford, YKS. Ellen Tetley,niece,unmar,13,scholar,Bowling YKS [RFT. This is information that I haven't seen before. It looks as though this is Ellen, the daughter of Mark Tetley (1805-?) and Hannah Crowther (1805-1843). This possibly means that Maria Rayston is Mark's sister. Now, there is only one Maria with the right sort of birthdate, and that is Maria Tetley, daughter of William Tetley & Hannah Marsden, who was baptised 3 Oct 1811 (which is about spot-on). Unfortunately, I have no knowledge of a marriage for Maria. But if all this hangs together, then this Mark, is the Mark who was the son of William & Hannah Marsden (who was baptised 7 Jun 1808). The age is a bit out, but stranger things have happened. This would give me a problem with the Mark Tetley who married Maria Wilson Stell in Leeds in 1827. I had assumed that he was the son of William Tetley & Hannah Marsden. Oh the tangled webs!... What we need now, is a marriage for Ellen, and some mention of her father, and hopefully a couple of witnesses for good measure.] The particularly interesting part, for me, is that Maria and Mark may be my ggg-Aunt & ggg-Uncle. Cheers Rich -- Born in Sheffield, but currently in Nottingham UK. Family names:- ASHFORTH, CAVE, CHAMPION, HODGES, HOPE, JACKSON, NICHOLSON, SIMPSON, SLEE, TETLEY, WALKER, WESTOVER, WOOLLEN, WILLIAMS. Home Website: http://freespace.virgin.net/richard.tetley/