Hi John:

On Saturday September 8 2007 at 3039 p.m. you replied (Len Faragher also responded) to a question I had posted regarding Robert Kelly DOB 1822. I was looking for an MI which you so kindly gave details of. Everything you say matches with what I now have except for one thing. According to the 1851 and 1861c's (RS died 1870 and Elizabeth 1867) Robert Kelly's wife is Elizabeth. I have the marriage certificate of Robert and Elizabeth (1847), who is a Gelling. The names and ages of the children all match in these censuses but I have recently obtained RS's will and his wife is named as ANN just as you said John and you thought perhaps she had given an incorrect name and age as a distraught widow!

The children as given in the censuses are the same as named in his will. I have looked in the IGI for the children and their parents are all given as Robert and Elizabeth (Gelling).

I am hoping someone can please decide whether his wife is called Elizabeth (Gelling) or Ann WHO??? I don't think there is a second marriage involved here - but I could be wrong!

Thank you for any input to put me out of my misery.

Marg