Dear Woodlea and Sandra,
I believe the John Gate and Martha Skelton that you mention are members of my family. My great grandmother being Violet Jane Gate. Her father was William Skelton Gate, I think he was John and Martha's child, all from Wigton. Both John Gate and William Skelton Gate were Wine and Spirits Merchants, with William's wife Jane (nee Sheffield) running a pub called The Codrington in Kensington Park Road, London. I'm eager to trace any information on Violet's second husband George Herbert Batley, my great grandfather. They married in Kensington in 1905 and moved to Leicester in 1906 where my grandfather William Pearson Batley was born in 1906. Any help from the link you have with the Skelton side would be greatly appreciated, ie whoever gave you the info about John and Martha.
Many thanks
