just got up!and its nearly 12!!!ah well,husbands away so it dont matter.what a terrific hunt this has been.you are breaking so many of my brick walls its unbeleivable.i can hardly keep up with you all.now to answer some queries. amos definately married elvia.i have been told but never seen that she appears as elvinia in a later cencus!well done.dont forget he was in prison in 1881 in sussex and his dad a widower in rye as a piblican if you can find them. you have also now got priscillas death so i can send for a deathe cert.thanks.the only problem is this amos 1851 miust be a cousin with a wife of the same name cause amos wasnt born until 1853!!!!!!!!????go on everybody sort that one out.mind you i have only been given verbal info before from an elderly relative?