Wow!!!
I have been away for a few days, & returned to find all your messages .... BRILLIANT!!!! Thank you all so much ... so much to be mulling over!!
Looking over what you have unearthed, I am certain that the Thomas Groom born in Sherrington is indeed the Thomas Groom I am looking for!
Very interested to learn about Joseph Groom, as didn't know anything about him or his family before.
Tazzie - if you can track Thomas Groom back to Sherrington in the 1861 census, that would be brilliant, as would unearth who his parents /siblings were.
Interested to learn about the GOULD family, too. I looked Ann Maria Gould's birth entry a few mins ago, which lists her as being registered in Hungerford in 1854. I also noticed a marriage entry for Charles Gould & Mary Smoker Bance for earlier that year, & was wondering if there was a link there. I guess the 1861 census would show Ann Maria living with her parents, but I do not have access to that.
Any further thoughts or discoveries would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks again!
James
