Given the gap in age (21 years) between the alleged brother and sister, Matthew and Margaret, could it be posible that Matthew was the son of another Thomas TAYLES, perhaps son of the elder Thomas, who was also in the family business of being a fisherman, and that Matthew and Sarah were cousins, not uncle and niece? -----Original Message----- From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of FIVETAYLES@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:40 AM To: WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WAR] IS this marriage likely? Hi Wondering whether someone may be able to help with this mystery. I have a Matthew TAYLES ( born 1836) from Lincolnshire who in 1862 marries Sarah BUCK (born 1841 Notts) in St Martins Birmingham. I have just received their Marriage cert and it states that Matthews father was Thomas TAYLES - Fisherman and that Sarah's was Joseph BUCK - iron moulder. Now comes the tricky bit : Thomas TAYLES - fisherman had a daughter called Margaret (born 1815) who married a man called Joseph BUCK an iron moulder, they had a daughter called Sarah born 1841 in Nottingham. It seems to me that this Sarah is the same one as on the above marriage therefore she actually married her uncle - although most probably illegal would this be likely? Den ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message