David, thank you very much indeed. It had struck me that they might have emigrated but I didn't pursue it at the time. Jane Fairman's mother Jane HINGSTON was my 1st cousin, 3x removed.

My mother was a HINGSTON, her grt-grandfather (who emigrated to Canada) being a brother of Jane Hingston's father Richard the bootmaker who lived in France for a time. See my tree Hingston, Geraty & Kupke.

Thanks again!
Jane