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« on: Saturday 13 June 20 09:46 BST (UK) »
I know it’s the same, because my Grandfathers dad was definitely called Joseph Lea and he and his siblings, who my grandfather can name, appear in the 1901 and 1911 census with the mother being named as Jane. My grandad knew Thomas Lea was illegitimate, and the 1892 marriage record fits with the census records birth place for Jane. Also, fits my family legend.
Another thing, I’ve been unable to find any church records for my great grandad or his siblings, birth or marriage or even death. Either the records haven’t been translated yet, or they weren’t religious in the slightest.
Edit: Just looked back now, and it turns out Mary Lea’s family were Church of England, her father and mother married in a Church of England in Sefton. Could be they were Church of England and passed that down to Thomas Lea.