I thought I would post an update. A lady in the USA had tied my Smalls to her's. It was a mess, so I have spent some time sorting the Smalls as well as I can for now. Debbie's Samuel Small was from Shropshire and married Ann Roberts, also Shropshire, they moved to Islington, permanently. She is not connected to Thomas Henry Small. Sorted! So Thomas Henry was born in Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury in 1833. Parents were Samuel and Mary. Mary's maiden name was Blockley and would seem to have been the one baptised in Chirbury, Shropshire in 1814, parents Thomas and Jane. I will have to check on FindMyPast. Samuel and Mary married at St Mary's Shrewsbury, another thing to check on FindMyPast. At the moment I am wondering if Samuel Small was the one born to Samuel and Elizabeth baptised 24th May 1804, in Birmingham! By 1841 census the family were in New Summer St, Birmingham. Also there was Jane Blockley. They remained in the same general area throughout the records. Samuel seems to have died in 1855, I have noted the GRO reference. One of their children Mary Anne married into the Chance family so they appear in numbers. Then Thomas Henry Small left his wife and children in a place called Hungry Hill, at the top of the parish of Hale to the north of Farnham, Surrey. It's where I am from. Thomas moved to Birmingham. He moved to Summer Lane. He stayed in that general area until his death in 1914. His mother Mary died in 1882, I have the GRO reference to check. So perhaps he didn't simply go off with another woman, he seems to have been going home to mum. My own grt gran was not his daughter but was fathered by a different passing soldier.