Send a message to the person who requested a photo of the grave monument of William Stone with the following comment:
As I live near Plymouth I am unable to volunteer. However, I am researching my family history. Within the family there is an apocryphal story, backed up by a living relative without evidence, about a Portlander changing his name to Williams and moving to Bedminster in Bristol, where I was raised. This relative is on my father's side of the family. I have a strong affinity to Portland and have spent a lot of time there when diving. I often wonder if I was distantly related to Brian Charles, the deceased skipper of the dive boat JBC. So, that's my story. If you could send a better copy of the picture I would be very grateful. With thanks and best wishes, John Williams Incidentally, I was near to drowning when I fell off the rock ledges at Portland Bill when I was about seven. I was rescued by a bystander but got my ear clipped by Mum for getting my clothes wet. That was about 1956...a different world!