| One of my maternal great-great-grandmothers may have been Amanda King (1848-?). Amanda was born at Frome, Somerset, probably the second child of George King (1814?-bef.1881) and Martha GUY (1820-aft.1881). Amanda was named after her mother's sister.
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| Amanda King married Thomas OLLIVER (1852-94) at Brighton, Sussex in 1873. They only seem to have had one child, Edward Olliver (1873-1924). It is not known for certain that their Edward Olliver was the Edward Olliver who was my great-grandfather but I have reseached the possible ancestral Ollivers as well as the descendants.
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| George King (1814?-bef.1881) married Martha Guy at her home village of Horningsham, Wiltshire in 1845. They had at least eight children at Frome, Somerset which is only a few miles from Horningsham. George worked as a Cooper (barrel maker) and Beer House keeper at Blatchbridge in south-east Frome. George died by 1881 and Martha continued to run the beer house.
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| George King said at his marriage that his father was Nathaniel King. Nathaniel's origins are not known, they have not yet been investigated. George consistently reported in the census returns that he was born at Frome. The IGI coverage for Somerset is not good enough to verify this, researching at Taunton will not be attempted until I confirm that my Edward Olliver was the son of Amanda (née King).
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