Hello,

I could well be making an assumption - this is part of the information I got from someone else, but it more or less matched up with the info I gleaned from the marriage certificate - mother's name is listed as Ann Matthews, and he's popped in Farringdon as a place of birth... I've put 2+2 together and come up with Ann Hamlin Matthews is a likely mother.

Seeing as how I can't find *anything* about a marriage or similar for William Snr and Ann,and I can't find a birth or death record for William Snr (allegedly, he died in 1850 - but I don't know where) I am beginning to think that his mum may well be Ann Hamlin Matthews, but his dad could be someone else entirely!

(Hrrm. I don't think I've been a member of this family long enough to create this level of havoc if ole mate William Henry has been operating under a false name!)

Jodi