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I am trying to unravel the Nancarrow family who originated in Cornwall but migrated to London.
In 1851 Census, Grace Nancarrow, 40, single but with a daughter Jessy, 8. (Ancestry transcribed as Kancarrow!)
Jessy/Jessie gave birth to daughter Grace in St Pancras Workhouse in 1868. No record of the father.
In 1881 William and Jessie Nancarrow are living as man and wife in Poplar Place, St Pancras. William was 43, and gives his birthplace as D.K. Cornwall, whatever that means. They have four children, including Grace age 13, plus a boarder Grace Laurence, age 78, a widow born in Truro.
Does anyone know who William was? Were they married? His name is Nancarrow so was he a cousin? Also was Grace Laurence really Jessie's mother? I can find no record of her marriage to a Mr Laurence.
I'm confused (not for the first time, I have to say)
Any help much appreciated
Molly Turner