Hi Bertha

Many thanks for your reply, yes, my guess is that James remarried. My biggest task is tracking down Richard's Birth certificate, I have one cert' that shows James and Charlotte as the parents, the surnames are spelled Cook at that time. Hence I'm looking to find a Baptism record for LittleDean parish that will support the cert' that I have. Also when Richard married his surname was spelled Cooke?

Anyway thanks again for your kind assistance.

Kind regards

David