Hello River Tyne Lass, thanks for helping again. Yes live in Australia and was visiting the Newcastle area recently. While there I walked around Westoe & Harton cemeteries and photographed every gravestone I could find with the surnames of ancestors that I know about in the ever expanding family tree. Now back in Perth I have been going through the photo's to see if I can find any that I already have information about and as we have a Margaret Thompson in our tree of about the same vintage and the surname Todd rang a bell I investigated and managed to connect the 2 of them but the Collinson had me baffled, however through Rootschat I was given a link to Ancestory and it all became clear. A Lilian Thompson the daughter of Margaret Thompsons brother married a Collinson and this is their son. Of course this now expands the tree into an area I have not even started on yet. Where does it end?!!!!!!! I was in the new S/Shields library (The Word) looking at records during June.
Thanks Barry D, yes spot on, when I looked at the link you gave me it has the family going back to where I have records so able to expand the tree and solve the mystery as well. Thank you.
Thanks Mabel for your information, I will start looking for the other children from the marriage. I'm trying to concentrate on immediate family but keep getting sidelined, I think that probably happens to everyone, when something crops up you just go for it.
Once again to all, thank you for your assistance, really appreciated. Another puzzle solved.
Cheers, Paul