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Hi annie0103 - pleased to meet you. :-)

Thank you for the information about the laundry. My gg-grandfather was John Moon, who was the grandson of the Henry and Grace I was looking for. He was a printer, and moved his family to London in 1881.

Yes, good point. I'm pretty sure it's not Woodchester, because I have a copy of a transcript of the registers, and she doesn't appear in that, but that still leaves plenty of options. I do have An*****y access here, and haven't found her previously, but I'll keep looking. Thank you for your help, and the offer.

Thank you, Victor, that would be great. A baptism record would be the final proof of the connection.

I'm trying to find more information on Martha, and as I've hit a brick wall, I hoped someone might have some good ideas

The first actual record I have is her marriage to William Ball in Woodchester in 1814, and then she was listed as of this parish, but the census records from 1851 onwards give her place of birth as Minchinhampton. I can't find any record of her baptism or her parents' names.

One of the witnesses at her wedding was William Jeens, and I'm wondering if he was her father or brother, but still nothing. Martha's daughter married a William Garland, and after the daughter's death, W Garland married Sarah Elizabeth, the daughter of a William Jeens from Minchinhampton. It seems a strange coincidence if they weren't related, but I just can't find the records to substantiate it.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

You're welcome, I'm glad they could be of use. :-)