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Thank You so much for all your help Rosie, Solidrock & Amondg this gives me a little bit more to work with

                                                         Kim

Hi Rosie

   Yes it is! I did find this 1851 Census record but Thank You anyway. Bit startling to find that one of your ancestors was a Brothel Keeper  I can't seem to find them in the 41 or 61 Census returns. According to one tree on ancestry Mary Ann died 1865 in Buckinghamshire (no documentation) & John Lane died in Australia but I have found no death record for a John Lane that fits or an emigration record.

                                                 Thanks for your help

                                                                         Kim

Hi everyone

    I'm hoping someone out there can confirm some information for me.

Information I had recorded on my ancestor Sarah (Selina) Lane-no date of Birth but Baptised 30th Dec 1818 in Finsbury, London Parents John Lane (Shoemaker) & Mary Ann Devonshire. She Emigrated  to Australia arriving 22/4/1838 aboard the Duchess of Northumberland

I lost a lot of my data when my PC crashed so have no documentation to refer to.

I have recently found 2 trees on Ancestry with conflicting information.

One giving a date of Birth for Sarah as 24/9/1818 in London & Baptism 4/10/1818 in Stockland Dorset (confusing)

Both giving the Birth of a sister Mary Ann Lane in the same year 1818 in St Ann Westm (Westminster?) Middlesex (no dates) & a Base Born brother Joseph born 20/2/1814 with a ? as to whether he was baptised as a "Lane" or a "Devonshire"

It is also claimed that Sarah Emigrated in 1834 aboard the David Scott at the age of 16 while her parents would still have been alive in England ?

I would appreciate the confirmation of any of this information. I am starting to doubt my own research.

                                                                     Kim

Hi Nick
    Sorry to say I don't have a great deal on the Gibb side, all I can add to the info on my original post is that I believe & this is still TBC, that John Gibb Snr was the son of John Gibb & Eliza Ecclestone who married 25/2/1805 in St Nicholas Church Liverpool his known siblings were
Thomas Gibb & James Gibb, However, I can find no baptism records for any of them.
The connection I am clinging to is that Thomas was a newspaper editor & he is noted on My Eliza Gibb's (daughter of John Gibb & Mary Woosey) immigration records to Australia as her Uncle providing her with a reference & his occupation is Editor of the Liverpool Mercury. Also the name Ecclestone is passed down a few times through the next generations. So my Gibb research hits a brick wall with John Gibb & Eliza Ecclestone. I have noted Eliza's parents as James Ecclestone & Mary Weston. I do hope this helps & we can find a connection..,

                                                                           Kim

Also I would like to say to Claire...it appears I did not thank you for your help if so I am so sorry I really appreciate it so much I certainly hope this is not the case & I did thank you in a P.M.

                                                                                      Kim