Great!
Shan't disturb you any more at work, and will PM you later with more details and questions. Will phone my cousin in Gloucester to keep her up to speed with these exciting developments.
Should have mentioned that Mary Ann GURNER's (1830-1903) husband whom she married in the late 1850's was a John Thomas KERSHAW, born in 1835. His grandfather John KERSHAW (1766-1855), and his gt-grandfather James KERSHAW (1725-1790) were both quite eminent itinerant Methodist Ministers. Gt-grandfather James travelled with the great man John Wesley for a while, and merits an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, so you've got quite illustrious ancestors!
Poor John Thomas KERSHAW was run over and killed by a horsedrawn London Omnibus at Highbury Corner in 1870, widowing Mary Ann with 8 young children, the youngest of whom was only a few months old. But that's another story...
Very best wishes, keith
