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I am hoping someone will be able to help me with a dead end line. Martha Legg was, I believe, born abt 1821 in Stalbridge, Dorset, England. This I am not yet able to prove. I have no idea who her parents are and wonder if you have access any birth records that would show. She married Robert Bugg (son of Thomas Bugg and Elizabeth Shepherd, can't follow this line any farther yet either) in 1818. I think the family would be shown together in the 1841 and 1851 census. If you could find me transcripts of these records and who the rest of the family was, I would be very grateful. There seems to be some indication that Martha died in 1859. Robert died in 1865. Their daughter Mary Ann is my GGG-grandmother.

Any help in tracking down this seemingly elusive Legg family is much appreciated. Hailey

Could someone tell me approximately when this picture is from and a guess on how old the lady in the picture is? I think it is possibly my GGG-Grandmother Catherine Elizabeth Dunlap. She was born in 1869 and was living in Peoria at the birth of her daughter in 1896 and also was there for the 1900 census. I have no idea when she moved there or exactly when she left.

Also if someone was interested in doing a restoration or colorization I would enjoy it. I don't know anything about restoring old pictures, but I've seen some of the work done on this forum and I must say I was pretty impressed.

Thank you for your help!

Hailey

My ggg-grandfather, Augustine (Austin, August) Joseph Thomasson was born in Dec 1839 or 1840. He has a sister Teresa (Thressie) Thomasson Bisbee born May 14, 1847. I am pretty sure she was born in Chorlton, Lancashire as I found a FreeBMD record that seems to match.

Augustine and Teresa both emigrated to the USA; Augustine shows emigrating in 1856, I assume they came together since they were later living together, but not necessarily. I think their father may be the Abraham Thomason I found on familysearch in the 1841 census living in Chorlton on Medlock. But I don't know for sure.

I have the two siblings fairly well documented in the US from 1875 on. At that point, Teresa is married to Guerdon Bisbee and Augustine is living with them. Augustine married Mary Callahan in 1876 and they had 8 children: Abraham, Mary, Agnes, Helen, Emma, Sayda (Sarah), Joseph and John Francis (Frank). Augustine died in 1916.

But I have nothing going backward. Any help would be much appriciated.

Hello everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone has an idea on how to get over my worst brick wall. Here is the information that I have.

James Probert was born c. 1783 in England. He joined the British Navy during the War of 1812 and deserted. He was caught and sentenced to be executed, but escaped and swam the river into New York. There he married Asenath Stover and I have a pretty good history from then on. The question is who was he originally?

I don't have any idea where to go from here, and am not very familiar with research in the UK, so thought I'd ask here.

Thanks for any help you might have.........Hailey