PS -
Have searched the IGI in vain of course - there was at one time on there the birth of their son, Robert Dawson Whillance - but it showed father as Robert
WHILLANCE, Robert Dawson Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 9 Dec 1849 Recorded in: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Collection: All Saints
Father: Robert WHILLANCE
Mother: Elizabeth
Source: FHL Film 1068964 Dates: 1843 - 1864
Have not been able to find this entry on the IGI since............
Would love to get it checked, as according to the family notes, his father should have been Cornelius William Whillance.
Derr - usual story with my lot.
Things haven't changed.
Cougar