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« on: Sunday 06 April 08 00:46 BST (UK) »
searching for any info on my husband's grandfather Ralph Love b1874 Sunnybrow,Durham[parents George and Jane Love], he married Emma Sowerby b1870 in Lanchester,Durham in 1894 A dau Jane being born the same year. They then moved to Doncaster where Ethel 1896, Eveline 1899, And Edith 1901 were born.Ralph then deserted his wife and family - the 1901 census shows him living in Portsmouth Hampshire, working as a butcher and boarding with a widow Urrilla Hemsley and her two sons. From this point the trail fades but Emma had a son George in 1904, I wonder was there a reconciliation or who was the father? It was a subject that my mother in law would not talk about, but at some point, so the family gossip goes"an official from somewhere came to her door, to ask her to pay for her father's funeral" apparently the kids were astounded at their mother's choice of words and the matter never referred to again!
If anyone could help or advise on what should be my next step to find where he lived later and where he died I would be very grateful, Thanks !