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Hi Teressa,
Thats ok, it was back in 2008 would you believe!! I dip in and out of my research when the time and inclination allows, and haven't really done any for quite a while,  lovely to hear you have twin granddaughters    I will see if I can find the photo of Robert and Alexander, I think I might have one of Mary (Boag) too. 

Hello Daniel!
Many thanks for the information you supplied, it certainly filled in a few blanks!
I had no idea whatsoever that there were other children, as you have probably gathered, I only knew about Hilda, Henry and George. I actually remember Hilda, and remember visiting her in a bungalow in Wyberton when I was a child. I also remember going to Kettering to visit an Aunt and Uncle, but as my nan's brothers also lived there, I am not sure who it was I visited. But I think it might have been Henry.
I suppose it is possible that John Henry Simpson was the biological father of Albert (my grandfather), but I guess there is no way of knowing for sure. I do recall my mum telling me that grandpa's dad had been killed in a tragic train accident (in Sibsey?). I think that Hilda Simpson married a Mr Scrupps, would that be correct?
I am not sure I have much information which would be useful to you, but I would be glad to share anything I do have that would help you in your research.
Many thanks for getting in touch and sharing all your info!
Carol

Hi Christopher,
Many thanks for the information,another bit of the past takes shape!

Suey and Tati,

Many thanks again for your efforts!

If as you suggest, Joseph died in 1882, and Elizabeth remarried, that would account for not finding them in 1891 as Dixon.

Ellen was Joseph and Elizabeths fifth child, and on the copy of my grandfathers birth certificate she is down as Ellen Dixon, and she was unmarried when he was born, so i guess there is no way we will ever know who his real father was.

I suppose that if her mother remarried, she would not necessarily have changed her name, just as my grandfather stayed a Dixon when she married Mr Simpson (whose first name i do not know, unfortunately)

In trying to find out about my grandfather (on my mothers side) family, i found on the 1881 census a family who seem to fit - the head of the household is Joseph Dixon, who is listed as "Out Pauper and Ag Lab"

I am guessing that this means he might have been in the workhouse or something?

I found him on the 1871 census (in the same village) but cannot find the family in 1891, although my grandfather was born to the daughter of Joseph in the same village in 1895.

Can anyone suggest any other places i could look?

Thanks in anticipation!!