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If anyone can shed some light on a total puzzle from our family point of view, it would be greatly appreciated.
We have an Alice James - born March 1873 in Canton (Cardiff), Glamorgan, Wales to John James and Mary Preece. According to family talk, she was a nurse and remembered as coming to the family house in West Ham, London, to tell the family she was going to America with a patient she had met whose surname was Foster. This would have been around 1911 to 1912. I have Alice on an England census in West Ham for 1881, but cannot find her on an England or Wales Census for 1891/1901 or 1911.
An elderly aunt - now deceased - remembered talk of going to Texas with this man. As she was single and about 39 at this point, maybe she thought it her last chance at a possible marriage? I have tried looking on Ellis Island but cannot find her. I appreciate in those days, they may not have even travelled together, or if indeed they married before they went. If there is anyone with any information on texas records - perhaps tax records? - I would love to hear.
Many thanks, Sally