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This is the envelope in question.  With the stamps showing George V could the date be 1926?  

I think it reads "5 QG"  not "5 QC" - does that help?

Lorna - yes he is buried with family - in 19th century a number of Washer brothers left for NZ - he is buried with Edward -one of the brothers who stayed in Berrow

Now there are no Washers left in Berrow as far as I am aware - my line  is via one  of the sisters of Edward who continued to farm in the area.

Only this year I visited the grave and the memorial was clearly visible - as per Pat Hase transcription.

Whose line are you descended from  ?

Best wishes

I cannot see the document.  Where/how should I find it?

Thank you for looking that up Dave. Now you've confirmed a record exists I'll wander into Wiltshire records and see what I can find using the clues you've given.

If it is our Moses, I wonder why they moved from Chicklade to Bedminster? I'm interested in why people relocate and often get lost in the history behind some of the moves.  I fairily recently discovered our move to Wales wasn't an original idea.  Unbeknownst to the family a great aunt was born about half a mile from our home with her father accountant for the railway at the time a local rail line was set up that ran passed the edge of our wood (now abandoned); a gggrandfather's family (can't recall off hand exactly who it was) briefly resided within 6 miles from here; 1400s one lot lived at the local castle; 200 years before that a different side of the family built the thing! There are many other instances of circular county movements.

Thank you for taking the time to look in to this.

Thank you Pat, that conviction made me laugh.  If it is our Moses, 'twould seem I'm a chip off a very old block!

I haven't seen the originals.  Initially I got my information from B&A FHS but later added "Bedminster Down" to Moses without recording where that came from.  I am curious about the "Mr.Jones".  I thought it was possibly a different curate officiating?  Yet another family black-sheep moment?  I'd like to know. How to find out?

These YEAT(E)S/YATES seem to appear out of the blue in Bedminster with Moses marriage in 1751. In the areas I've searched so far I only find two references in Dundry1628 then nothing until the 1751 Bedminster marriage, hence gradually increasing the search circle to try to find where they came from. They are proving to be a difficult family; parents continuing to produce offspring at the same time as their eldest start to do so and using same names; cousins born in the same year given the same name, producing their own children in the same year with the same names.

Any thoughts on Jane Marshall's origins?