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ladyhawk
Thanks for all your work, pretty sure Pricilla Godfrey is a relation.
William Small had a lot of Children one of them was Charlotte who Married Job Lawrence.
 Henry living with them in 1881 as nephew
William Small c1803 married Ann Tucker,- Pricilla Godfrey's sister therefore Charlotte's aunt
 Joseph Tucker could be a brother? to Pricilla and Ann
Looking at your info regarding George and Elizabeth (nee Tucker) it is beginning to look as if this maybe the right family.
William Small c1803 was the son of James Small and Mary Ganicott married 1799 they also had a son called James Baptised 1813 but I can't find the link to my George and Henry
I found a James Small marriage in Free BMD  Dec qtr 1838 which is the wife?
 
To answer your Questions neither say that the father is deceased on their MC
Henry my Grandfather had George and his sister-in-law Sarah Ann Hawkins to witness
George his brother had Henry and Dorcas Hucker his sister in law

Harriet Hawkins who married Henry her parents were John and Jane

Parents and siblings of Mary Ann Hucker married George Small 1866
Census 1881
William 48
Priscilla 50
Charles 22 son
Mary 16
Rose 6
Dorcas 15 was a servant in North Petherton
I am sure that's enough for you to digest, you'r a star
Daryl

thank you lady hawk for your reply
The henry small ebbw vale is indeed my grandfather and all the other info you kindly gave me I have been able to find

It is the fact of James the father I cannot fathom out.
Were they illegitimate?
If they were Elizabeth's children did she marry again and they took on the name of a step father
or Grandfather is this possible

  I think the two boys living with relatives in 1881( next door to each other) is correct
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 I have been able to trace a living relative (cousin) who gave me a little information but after 2 visits to her she did not want any more contact, which is a pity, this was a number of years ago and I don't know if she is still alive, but I respect her privacy and would not try and connect her again.
She knew of an uncle of her fathers who went to live in Wales.
This fact made my grand father Henry and her grand father George brothers she had a picture of George and the family likeness is there

George witnessed Henry's marriage and Henry  George's both with a X
George lived in the area known as Ford bridge

My grandfather Henry Small was born in Stathe  Somerset according to his marriage certificate
He had a brother George
I am trying to find his birth to take me back .Both Henry and George say their father was James on their Marriage Certificates but I have hit a brick wall Any help or pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.