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Hi Chuck,

Thanks for the message.  Ann Hovells/Hovvels is a new one on me, as the first child that I had found (until now) was Mary (born in Belton in 1816).  She was followed by Margaret b: 1817, George H. b: 1819, Phoebe b: 1821, Jane Bonnyman b: 1823, Archibald Robinson b: 1825, Jemima b: 1826 (she died in 1826), Jemima b: 1829, Robert b: 1831 and Benjamin b: 1834.  I have some of their christening dates if they would be of any interest to you.

I have had a search for Ann, but have found nothing.  She may have had another first name and Ann was her second name, which they may have used.  I have to admit that the Hovells part of my family tree has been the hardest part of the puzzle to crack.  A great part of the difficulty is the spelling variations of Hovells - on one record it was down as Hoodels!  The father of the above children (and your Ann) was Henry Hovells, as you know, but I have his burial date: 22 June 1862 in the Southwick area, which you may not have known.

Their mother, also called Phoebe, had died before him.

I hope that this has been of some help and should I find anymore information I will let you know.

Kind regards and best wishes with your research...
Michael

Thanks Dawn, Andy and Anne for the extra information. 

I wasn't sure what 'home duties' meant (thought it might have been a domestic servant), so that has cleared that up.

I will try the historical society Anne and see if that gives me any fresh information.

Sorry, that I haven't replied to your posts earlier - I haven't been on Roots Chat for a while...

Thanks again for your help,
Michael

Hi Shane,

Thanks for all of that information - most helpful.  We will have a good look at the map and see what we can find.

We really appreciate all of that help and thanks for taking the time out to look that up for us.

Thanks again,
Michael and Mildred

Thanks for that Aghadowey, we weren't aware of that.  We have a firm idea that the Gavican's were Roman Catholic, so this could mean a trip to Ireland