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Hi Vicky, I havent come across and Elizabeth Flyng in my research.  My GG Catherine Flyng was born in 1826 in Bristol, mother Hannah father Michael and pretty sure, brother Timothy much older.  Timothy seemed to have a few children, Charlotte, Hannah and Carson, the latter name seems to have been carried on. Do you know who Eliz 1823 parents were.  Timothy was married in the area your Eliz Lorymore died so maybe they were all part of the one family, its just proving it thats hard.
Cheers Diane Reeves

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Hi cyningdun,
Michael and Hannah Flyng are listed on some of the census as coming from Cork Ireland and Timothy Flyng in Bristol who is the father of William Carson Flyng and had Kate, sister, listed on one of his census, 1861 I think.  Kate is listed as 35 yrs which corresponds with Catherine being born in 1826.  Kate (Catherine) married John James Wheeler (they are my great grandparents)  If you check out the 1841 census you will find Michael and Hannah listed with 2 children, Catherine (Kate)  born 1826 and Henry 1821 I think. I'm almost certain Timothy is a son born much earlier in Ireland. Both Michael and Timothy were tailors as well. I have a death cert for Michael, cant find where Hannah died or death cert, cant find one for Catherine but its possible she died in Portugal.
Henry is in Arnos Vale cemetery in Bristol or at least there is a Henry Flyng there.  The swapping from Flyng to Flynn doesnt help much either. I was going to employ a geneologist to look into Hannah Flyng, Catherine Flyng and Timothy Flyng but wondered if it was worth it.

Many thanks for your help.

Hello again,
Charles Robert Wheeler was born in Cheltenham but married in Australia and I have a copy of the original marriage certificate which is why it is confusing because the only birth cert I can find for someone of his name and supposed date of birth shows totally different parents. He went to school in Lisbon Portugal at least till he was 12 and then went to England in 1876 with a guardian Charles Henry Johnson who was an army capt in India I understand. Capt Johnson died in 1877 whilst CR Wheeler was on the merchant navy training ship Worcester. I have his entry form for the Worcester where he left in Dec 1877.  He ended up in Aust but didnt marry till he was 45yrs.  Cant find a marriage cert for the parents named on his marriage cert either
Capt James Wheeler HMS and Jane Johnson.  The guardian died in Cintra Portugal and is buried there.  I can find Capt Johnson thru various census and CR Wheeler in the 1881 census in London.  According the census records the father listed on the BC is a manservant of Capt Johnson in 1861.  John James Wheeler married Catherine Flyng after the birth of CR Wheeler in 1863 and then recorded the birth in April 1863, after that they all seem to disappear, maybe to Lisbon.  CR Wheeler's application for the Worcester shows his last school as British College, Valle du Porsira, Lisbon.  Cant find a record of that either but it may have closed up I guess.