Hi Sally, I found her very easily - that's the good news - the bad news is she was by then a servant in soneonee else's house. She is listed as PEARCE aged 18 born Briantspuddle. She is living in Tolpuddle as a Dairyman's assistant in the household of John and Mary CROCKER. There was a James CROCKER also who was 24 - perhaps a candidate for the illegitimacy. Paul Kevin McMahon <kevin@emmcmahon.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: Hi All I am looking for Fanny Pearce/Pearse born circ 1854 Briantspuddle/Affpuddle in the 1861 and 1871 census, I need to know who her family were. She had a son Alfred out of wedlock 1874 at Briantspuddle. Thanks Sally ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== Wessex Royal roots: King Arthur - needs a new recipe book King Canute - needs a pair of wellies