thanks pat -lots of information. I've got more iformation from the 1881 british census of depford st. paul kent : emily gallop nee mullings age 39 widowed (b) middlesex - I believe she is my gg aunt, charles gallop (b) 1862 nfld - son of william and maria, edward (b) 1868 nfld son of william and emily and marries alice trowell, curtis (b)1871 nfld, harry(b)1873 nfld and emily (b) 1870 nfld . all the children except charles were in school in england.- at some point emily returns to nfld and is burried st. john's cemetery however I can find no trace of her children either in england or nfld. the chidren you mention are from william's first wife maria