Thanks Diane. What a lot of Williams ! In Frances' message a few days ago she mentioned Arbory - I wonder why as Ann & her family seem to have come from Castletown. I looked at Brian's lists for the 1841 census & just found one William Mylrea aged 40 in Douglas living with an Elizabeth Mylrea also 40 but then no William in Douglas for the 1851 census. I'm confident that you will be able to verify this William for me. Might take a while so I'll be patient but somewhere along your line of research with the Mylreas you will find a Mylrea that ties in with my Ann & you'll think - that could most probably be Kay's missing link ! (I smile as I write that ) I'll now have a look to see what I can glean from all the Williams you have just sent me.