Maybe that is not the correct family on the 1891 census as the ages of John and Alice are way out. John or Frances would have been 41 years old and Alice 47.
I have just found a death in 1885 for a David Silvester aged 3 years in Stepney. Also a death for an Alice Silvester in 1896 aged 52 years in Stepney. Still trying to find what happened to Francis Frederick.
Yes I wondered about that death in 1884 for Francis. It could be him.
I do think the three children on the 1891 census are the children of Francis and Alice but the parents have me a little puzzled. If Alice married again she would have a different surname unless she married another Silvester or maybe they were not married.
Have just traced John Felix SILVESTER brother of Francis Frederick SILVESTER through his baptism, 2 marriages and all census ... and it's not the man with Alice SILVESTER in 1891.
Mary Ann Driesen and Thomas Silvester were my GGGrandparents. They had twelve children.
They had John Felix in 1843. He married Jane Whalesby in 1862 and then Matilda Ann Graveley in 1878. John Felix died in 1916 and Matilda in 1928. I have them in all the census.
William Owen was born 1862. He married Eliza Kate Lampard in 1885. William Owen died in 1923. I have them on the 1891 and 1901 census.
I have no idea who John Silvester was. He was born in Wapping, London and I cannot think of any others in the family who lived in Wapping. I think this one may remain a mystery.
Many thanks for all the trouble you have gone to looking up information for me. I do appreciate it.
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