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Mary Ann’s father was Alfred Rainbird Francis. He was the illegitimate son of Maria Francis, born in 1814 in Hepworth, Suffolk, England. Could Alfred’s father have been Thomas Rainbird? Stephen […]

In 1914, Irene’s father, Frank Parton, deserted his family for parts unknown. In 1891, George Gray Brodie left his wife and children and moved 230 miles away to Quirindi. Stephen […]

After Emma died in 1891, Stephen kept his daughter, Beatrice, but not Ellen. I discovered that Ellen had been adopted by Stephen’s second wife’s sister, Ellen Cook Howell, and her […]

Charles died when Stephen was 11 years old. Elizabeth ​worked as a charwoman, spending hours a day away from the children. Could this be why Stephen became a habitual offender? […]

Norah’s great-grandfather and her grandmother’s first husband were fishermen.  They worked on herring or smack ships off the coast of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Could they have died at sea? […]

In the early 1930s, Stanley moved from Beccles to Wanstead, Essex, England. The 1939 England and Wales Registers show that his twin sister, Gladys, and her husband had also moved […]

In 1916, Sidney was blinded in both eyes. His third wife, Edith George, was a registered nurse. She took care of Sidney during the last few months of his life. […]

Four of the Oxborough men were christened with the name Barrington. I wonder if Samuel’s great-grandfather married a woman with the surname of Barrington?  I could find no Barrington’s living […]

Mary Sophia Hubbard was born 1 1/2 years before her mother married James Charles Norfor. Emma’s husband must have adopted Mary as the surname Norfor appears on the 1881 England […]

When a spouse dies, the need to remarry could be caused by loneliness or the need for companionship. Robert was married three times. His second wife was also married three […]