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Welcome Jackie,

if your Ann married William Thornton in Bishopton in 1859, you come down the same line as me. If there's anything I can help you with .. just ask.
Good  Luck.

Jean

Hi Jean

Thanks for your reply 

Yes they are definitely the same, Sarah Jane Thornton born 1864 is my Great Grandmother - what a journey she has taken me on!  From Durham to Islington via Cardiff - she ended up eventually with my Great Grandfather Edwin Young who was from Ebbw Vale born 1867.  I can find no evidence of a marriage for them at all or a birth record for my Grandad David but by 1911 they were living in Brentford and had apparently been married 14 years and David was 13 years old.  I know that Edwin passed away in Islington but I have never found any record of when Sarah Jane died.

I am currently working my way back through the Ramage roots trying to work out births marriages and deaths etc.    Finding some of these things fascinating - always wonder where they get the names from as well - always helps when an unusual name crops up like Smithson Peverall makes searching the records a lot easier!