A very big thank-you to all who have taken the trouble to make constructive suggestions, and took their time to look up archives that I don't have access to. As always, I regret not having quizzed older relatives more thoroughly when they were still alive - but isn't that always the case? The 11th child of Philip Smith and Sarah Ainge appears to have been Philip Sydney Smith Ainge, born 1871 and died in Bedford 1948. His parents only married in 1873, but from the clues offered by his Christian names and the 1871 census I would reckon that he was born the product of a night of teenage passion - not the first and won't be the last! It's a minor mystery as to why he was brought up as an Ainge rather than a Smith - although the 1881 census suggests it a possibiluity he was brought up in part by his grandparents. William Liverpool

Hi William You may be right that Philip Sydney is their child but unless you have sight of his birth or baptism he could be someone elses Why would he go through life as an AINGE ? And why would a mother state she only had ten children and not eleven if he was hers? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 12/10/2012 21:45, William Leece wrote: > A very big thank-you to all who have taken the trouble to make constructive > suggestions, and took their time to look up archives that I don't have > access to. As always, I regret not having quizzed older relatives more > thoroughly when they were still alive - but isn't that always the case? > > The 11th child of Philip Smith and Sarah Ainge appears to have been Philip > Sydney Smith Ainge, born 1871 and died in Bedford 1948. His parents only > married in 1873, but from the clues offered by his Christian names and the > 1871 census I would reckon that he was born the product of a night of > teenage passion - not the first and won't be the last! It's a minor mystery > as to why he was brought up as an Ainge rather than a Smith - although the > 1881 census suggests it a possibiluity he was brought up in part by his > grandparents. > > William > Liverpool