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Many thanks Brenda :) James b1840 is mine. There's a Joseph I'm not sure about - he might be mine :) I wonder if Rebecca is Sarah? lol Thank you so much for your time :)

Brenda Thank you so much for the 1841 Norris'. I agree the older Thomas has got to be a rellie given they are all carpenters. Sorry about the squirrels and your 1851 research :(( But thanks again for the info. Chris

OOOOOOOOOOOOHH!!! Brenda!!!! Richard Buck's will - nearly £3000 !!!!!! (Yes, it's definitely the right bloke!!!!) Fantastic!!!! His daughter married a rich man and one of their descendants told be NO money came from the Buck side (ie from MY side!!). Well, I'd say, when compared with the amount left by others, MY Richard B contributed around one third to one half of the money that went into a future successful business venture! So **** to the snobby descendant who slagged off my rellie!!!! I am SOOOOO pleased - thank you so much for doing this for me!!! I will be holding my head up high when I next contact said distant cousins!!!!!!! Hope the squirrels didn't get you down too much :O(( Merry xxxxxxxxxxxxx (etc!)

Thanks Brenda At least one of mine there Brill! Hope you had a good day and found what you were looking for yourself Kat

Phil, Kirsten, Chris, sorry, but time ran out on me on this.

Kat HO 107/1077/7/60 Lingfield, near E Grinstead Common John Knights 70 Ag Lab Y Philadelpia do 40 Y Ann do 11 Y Edward do 8 Y _ Sarah Lock 71 Pauper N Streatham HO 107/1068/1/4 Rollissons Yard Daniel Lock 46 Ag lab Y Sophia do 50 Y Daniel do 21 Y HO 107/1068/2/5 Upper Tooting Jane Gritshall 70 Ind N . . . Caroline Lock 15 FS Y HO 107/1068/2/11 Bedford Hill Lodge Elizabeth Lock 53 Y Daniel do 23 MS Y William do 21 Labourer Y Isaac do 19 MS Y Richard do 17 Labourer Y Alfred do 9 Y I looked at EVERYTHING described as Streatham, which covers a wider area than what I would call Streatham today, but no sign of the people you want, sorry.

Chris HO 107/443/10/20 Hare Street Prime Taylor 30 Bricklayer N Mary do 30 N Prime do junr 8 N Ann do 5 N Wm do 8 mo Y _ Chas Norris 12 Labourer Y Mary Harridence 70 Ind N HO 107/443/12/36 Layston, High Street Charles Seamer [?] 35 Carpenter N Lydia Martha do 6 Y Thomas Norris 19 Carp Apprentice Y Eliza Smith 21 FS Y HO 107/443/12/20 Layston, West Side of Hare Street Elizth Norris 41 Carpenter’s wife Y John Norris 17 Carpenter Y Wm do 15 Ag lab Y Thos do 10 Ag lab Y Robt do 8 Y Maria 6 Y Judith 4 Y Elizth 1 Y I worked on the principle that if Thomas was not at home, he probably wasn’t in any of the neighbouring villages. The older Thomas has got to be a relative, don’t you think?

Thanks Brenda, I cant believe those three men, all with businesses never left a will between them, b**** amazing isnt it. Totally choked by them three. Many thanks for looking though girl! (You didnt run off with a monk then). God bless, I can go and do some work now.

Tracy I don't think that ANY of these are yours, but offer them up in case there are some relations in there: Mar 1838 Rennison Sarah Spilsby 14 513 Sager Sarah Burnley 21 670 Jun 1838 Rennison Rebecca Ecclesfield 22 200 Sep 1838 Rennison Elizabeth Eccleshall Bierlow 22 91 Dec 1838 Rennison Sarah Bridlington 23 50 Sep 1839 Sagar Joseph Ecclesfield 22 155 Mar 1840 Sagar Sarah Ann Bradford 23 184 Jun 1840 Rennison Sarah Eliza Leeds 23 454 Sagar Sarah Burnley 21 253 Sep 1840 Rennison Sarah Elizabeth Gainsbro' 14 316 Dec 1840 Sagar James Ecclesfield 22 173 For completeness, I searched Sep 1837 - Dec 1840 and looked for alternative spellings on the same page.

Thanks for checking. That's her. She and her husband died in the same quarter. Thank you.

Kelly I searched Hallam births 1925 - 1930 inclusive where mother's maiden name was Dobson: December 1926 Phyllis H Hallam Dobson Nottingham 7b 713 March 1929 Stanley Hallam Dobson Nottingham 7b 640 December 1930 Ethel M Hallam Dobson Nottingham 7b 620 I didn't spot Janet, but I was concentrating on the maiden name.

Chloe Your reference is Maria Spengler aged 65 Bethnal Green June 1939 1c 115 same quarter, for reference: Jacob Spengler aged 78 Edmonton 3a 849

Anne No trace of will or administration for Frances Westmoreland in 1900 or 1901. Again, this does not mean that there may not have been a will proved later.

Jonathan Sorry but there is no trace of a will or adminstration for George Brunskill in 1875 - 1876. This does not mean that he didn't leave a will, but I have just checked both series for year of death and year following.

Merry Wills 1861 Richard Buck effects under £3000 24 July 1861 The will of Richard Buck late of The Terrace Champion-Hill Camberwell in the County of Surrey deceased who died 25 May 1861 at the Terrace aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of Mary Buck of The Terrace aforesaid widow the relict and sole executor. (Please don’t tell me this is the wrong Richard Buck, lol!)

Heather, your description of your ancestors coincides with what the FRC staff thought of the squirrels. Wills and Admons are filed together in your period. I checked for all Hanson W & A in 1886 – 1887 and 1909 – 1913 for anyone likely. Nothing.

Thank you everyone who posted on this thread. I got to the FRC, to discover that Secret Squirrel had sabotaged the day. Squirrels chewed through the cables, so that the computers went down yesterday. BT repaired the cables and our sweet little furry friends had another midnight feast. There was no computer access for anybody, even the staff, so I couldn't do the 1851 look ups I'd hoped for, but your list of queries kept me going. The downside was that the death indexes were very busy indeed, at least when I was there, so I wasn't able to do those lookups. Results are being posted in no particular order.

Im trembling with excitement Brenda! Bet none of the ******* are on there.

Jonathan is the last on the list as I'm printing off and going home now. Will post results asap.

thanks for the offer could you please look for the death of John William March died 1949 middlesbrough i cant find this on free bmd and i need the ref numbers to send for cert thanks. chris.x