Hi Lin et al, Thanks for the time you spent looking at census etc., Maria's mother (be it her signature or not) definitely was Maria Richards nee Frost. I have the marriage of Maria frost and Thomas Richards. Plus the birth dates etc. for Maria Richard's and her siblings. Maria (nee Richards)BRIGGS worked for Dr. Edward Swales and his wife Margaret. Her son Thomas Francis Richards Briggs stayed sometimes with her at the Doctor's house and the rest of the time with Maria's parents. Maria didn't marry again until 1885, when she married Dr. Edward Swales. I have been to the house they lived in at 3 Trinity Rd, Sheerness. The answers may be with descendants of the RICHARDS family but sadly I've not been able to contact any 'cousins'. Regards, Ann (on a beautiful Autumn day in Perth). -----Original Message----- Having found the marriage and death certificates on line, from one of Ann's previous posts, only Thomas Briggs (gardener) and Thomas Richards (blacksmith) are listed as fathers (in the last column where they should be). Witnesses are Thos Richards, Maria Richards and Thos Briggs.

I suppose things have changed but her father being dead I was a witness to my daughter's wedding Both her father in law and I are family historians and without any previous conversation we both wrote our full names in the register rather than putting our signatures as both of us thought it would make it easier for future generations to search the records Chris ________________________________ From: SBS Engineers Research <research@sbse.net.au> To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012, 8:12 Subject: [YORKSGEN] BRIGGS Thomas Hi Lin et al, Thanks for the time you spent looking at census etc.,  Maria's mother (be it her signature or not) definitely was Maria Richards nee Frost.  I have the marriage of Maria frost and Thomas Richards. Plus the birth dates etc. for Maria Richard's and her siblings.  Maria (nee Richards)BRIGGS worked for Dr. Edward Swales and his wife Margaret.  Her son Thomas Francis Richards Briggs stayed sometimes with her at the Doctor's house and the rest of the time with Maria's parents. Maria didn't marry again until 1885, when she married Dr. Edward Swales. I have been to the house they lived in at 3 Trinity Rd, Sheerness. The answers may be with descendants of the RICHARDS family but sadly I've not been able to contact any 'cousins'. Regards, Ann (on a beautiful Autumn day in Perth). -----Original Message----- Having found the marriage and death certificates on line, from one of Ann's previous posts, only Thomas Briggs (gardener)  and Thomas Richards (blacksmith) are listed as fathers (in the last column where they should be). Witnesses are Thos Richards, Maria Richards and Thos Briggs. ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message