Send a message to the person who requested a photo of the grave monument of Thomas Bates with the following comment:
Thomas Bates, born in East Ruston, Norfolk in 1834, was my 2nd great grandfather. His daughter, Ann Elizabeth, married Thomas Helsdon in 1879 and they emigrated to the US, settling in Illinois. Ann Elizabeth Bates and Thomas Helsdon were my mother's grandparents. I hope to find others in this family in England.