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This is an old thread but here goes:
Yes indeed, Robert Bather 1734-1795 firstly married Elizabeth Matthews 1734-1771 and they had 6 children:
Martha 1763
Thomas 1765-1765
Robert 1766
Benjamin 1768
Elizabeth 1771-1771
Edward 1771
Then Robert Bather 1766 married Ann Jones of Fox Hall, Oswestry and they had two children:
John 1792-1864, married Emma Mc Cann and they had 7 children
Edward 1794-1873, married Jane Ball and they had 5 children.
Robert Bather 1734-1795 secondly married Mary Footman 1752 and they had 6 children:
Sarah 1774
Mary 1775
Jane 1777   
Thomas 1779-1863
Ann 1781
Elizabeth 1783

I have more info if you wish.
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Rob in Mexico

Hi Rob

Small world. Hubert's father Charles Edward was my 2x Gt Grandfather.

It was Princes Avenue (Primitive Methodist) Chapel

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Liverpool/PrincesAvePrimitiveMethodist

Below is a picture of Hubert with his sister Lilian my Gt Grandmother, taken c1890.


Claire

Many thanks Claire, that's a wonderful picture. Hubert Charles Parry was my great uncle, he was married to the sister of my paternal grandfather - she was Lillias Bather 1886-1975.
They married on 4 feb. 1913, and then, two years to the day, poor Hubert was killed in Cuinchy. He is buried in the Windy Corner, Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy, France.
I'll send you a PM as I have some interesting info on Hubert.
Best regards
Rob in Mexico

Many thanks to Hibee and ev
Upon rereading the letter I see it was in fact David Welsh. W.S.
The WS had me stumped but today I've learned that it means Writer to the Signet, which in everyday language means a solicitor or notary.

The William Maitland referred to in the letter could well have been William Mordaunt Maitland, a legal eagle of his day. He was twice married and each time to daughters of Reverends. Peerage.com shows there was a Reverend Vardon...wheels within wheels.

My letter was written on 28 June 1843, and if you google this date you'll find the scan of another letter written by a young girl in America. The US letter is very clear and easy to read--it looks as if it were written today, whereas Marian's letter is in old fashioned copperplate ("ss" written as "fs") and very difficult to decypher and it sounds as if it was written by an elderly gentlewoman.

So I'm beginning to get a mental picture about this matter:
William Mordant Maitland died and, for some unknown reason, left a goodly sum to Marian Vardon; the solicitor David Welsh managed this money for her.
Marion Vardon, an elderly lady suffering from rheumatism in the Edinburgh cold weather decided to splash out some of her newly acquired wealth and go to Weisbaden to see if the thermal waters would ease her ailments. While in Germany, she requested David Welsh to transfer some more cash into her account, which he did, and in this letter she is thanking him.
152 pounds in interests meant she surely was wealthy.

How's that sound?

Thanks Carol
I have just replied
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Hi Carol
Minnie Louise Brooker was my 2nd cousin once removed.
I'd be happy to interchange info on my Brookers.
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