As requested, here is my abiding brick wall. William GODARTH said he was born in Luppitt, Devon in c1835. However, he is not baptised there according to the PRs, nor can I find his baptism anywhere else, nor can I find him at all in 1841 or 1851. In fact, the first time I find a record of him is in the Depot Description Book for the 17th Regiment where it records his enlistment at Taunton, Somerset in June 1853 when he was underage (17.5 years). His trade was said to be a Labourer. He fought in the Crimean war, married in the Garrison Church in Monteal, Quebec in 1859 and baptised several children in Canada, Ireland and at Aldershot Barracks. He left the army in 1875 and in 1881 he is in Wales working as a coachman. At some point he began to be called William GODDARD rather than GODARTH - in 1871 the family are GODDARD although in 1875 his discharge papers call him GODARTH. What has this to do with Yorkshire? By 1891 he is in North Bierley and in 1900 he and his wife Mary die in Bradford Registration District. His death is registerd in the name of GODARTH although by this time the children all seem to be using GODDARD and that was my grandfather's surname. All the references to GODARTH in FreeBMD are to my family. Where was he born? Where was he between 1835 and 1853? Who were his parents? Many thanks, John