Hi Irene thanks for your information I am not that far on in my research yet! We found the information about William Alger Loveless in his obituary in the Annual Monitor of the Religious Society of Friends for 1899 He Married Janet Pleasance Brame. As for his Father Robert Loveless he is mentioned in William's obituary as having a wife called Jane. that really is the limit of my knowledge if you can point me in the direction of the relevant census and other records that would be very helpful. David