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Hi Phil,

It seems that Bill does not visit this site very often as he has not responded to any of the comments in reply to his enquiry of the 9th December.

Elizabeth

Hello Dave,

All the sources I have on James and Betsy Keedwell are on my Ancestry.co.uk tree.  James appears to have married two Betsy Shepstones.  One, a spinster and his father's servant by licence in 1841 and the other (widow of Beacham) in Bristol in 1848.  

I supposed that the first Betsy died and he married her widowed relative (perhaps a cousin), but have no evidence other than what is on the tree.  At the second wedding, James is recorded as single, but this may be an error by the celebrant.  

I'd be interested to know if you find anything more about them.

Best Wishes,

John

I expect you have seen the couple of trees on Ancestry about this family.  One has incorrectly included an Army Record for a George  BRYANT stating that he died in Burma in 1945.  One has included a second name of Harvey for him - but one seems to have the same information as you have - are you in communication with her? Unless it is you under another name?  It's the  O'Rourke - Ludlow Family Tree run by a "mrsludlow".

You might want to eliminate the George Henry BRYANT (born 1880) who married a Mary Ann ADAMS in Bristol in 1904.  A Mary Ann BRYANT died in 1927 in Bristol, aged 44.   They appear to have had a son called George W BRYANT in 1918 also registered in Bristol. But they also had more than one daughter.

This might be a coincidence but a George W BRYANT married a Joan D E MAXTED (not Margaret) in 1945 in the registration district of Thanet (which includes Ramsgate) and they had a daughter, Susan in 1952. (names similar to those mentioned on the Ancestry tree).  I'm now into the realms of fantasy!!  A lot more checking to do.