tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880579482805354240.post8964777405739708544..comments2017-04-10T14:40:14.738+10:00Comments on Vals Family Snippets: valmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666386347053371846noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880579482805354240.post-85373736295525676242015-09-09T20:39:30.125+10:002015-09-09T20:39:30.125+10:00Hi Diane, so sorry to take so long to reply but I ...Hi Diane, so sorry to take so long to reply but I was so sure that no-one but my family would be interested in this that it never even occurred to me to check for comments! I suspect that we must have a connection somewhere as it is too much of a coincidence that we both have a Stevenson/Blenkinsop connection. Very exciting! Please feel free to contact me on vgmansell@gmail.comvalmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666386347053371846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880579482805354240.post-26732428052614428332015-07-11T08:29:04.509+10:002015-07-11T08:29:04.509+10:00I was interested to find this information. I belie...I was interested to find this information. I believe we may have a link - albeit a long time ago. My 4 x great-grandparents were John Stevenson and Mary (Fawcett) of Hornby. They had 10 children, one of whom was my 3 x great-grandmother, Margaret Stevenson who was born in Hornby in 1781. She had an older sister Ann born 1777 and I wonder whether this is your Ann? Margaret married James BELL (James and his father John were farmer/millers at Hornby) and one of their sons, Henry (b. Hornby 1816) married Ann Jane BLENKINSOPP who was born in 1823 in Staindrop, daughter of Francis and Ann BLENKINSOPP. I wonder whether the two families were inter-linked? If you would like to correspond I should be pleased to hear from you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17990339922754132791noreply@blogger.com