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There's a confusing tree on Ancestry.  I have tried to work out how Rosanna moved from Hardy to Stevens but have failed.
I found a few records but they are so messy I'll have to post them separately or I'll confuse myself and every one else.

Tree owner is Terry Lillingston.
When ROSANNA MANSFIELD (aka STEVENS aka Hardy) was born about 1866, in Woolwich, England, her father, FREDERICK, was 29 and her mother, Dorcas, was 18. She had two sons and one daughter with Thomas Michael Lillingston between 1903 and 1911. She died in March 1947 in Bradford, England, at the age of 81.

It would be interesting to know how the tree owner has got to Rosanna Mansfield and her parents.
In 1939 Annie Liilingston has the same birthdate as Rosanna Mansfield.
Her age at death matches
All census records have her birthplace as Woolwich.
It's too much to be a coincidence surely 🤔

1901 St Pancras, same district as the Lillingston family

John Carville 54 Head carpenter
Ellen Carville 54 Wife
Sarah Gorge 58 Servant
George Reever 24 Boarder
Annie Stevens 30 Visitor. Domestic cook  B Woolwich. Kent. Xx  same year of birth as Annie Lillingston in 1911, but incorrect for 1939.

This is the best I can do. Could this be Rosanna/ Annie knocking a few years off her true age or am I on the wrong road completely.
It's a shame that the online tree doesn't have more detail.

I think the marriage certificate is needed 🙂

1901 St Pancras  .  I think this is the right family. I suspect that Annie / Rosanna may have knocked a few years off her age in 1911.


Thomas M Lillingston 59Head
Elizabeth Lillingston 57Wife
Elizabeth S Lillingston 33Daughter
Thomas M Lillingston 31Son xxx
Agnes G Lillingston 29 daughter
Charles H Lillingston 19Son
,William D Lillingston 19Son,
Maria E Lillingston14 Daughter

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Marriages Mar 1902   (>99%)
Ellinor Henry WIlliam  Pancras 1b239  
Lillingston Thomas Michael  Pancras 1b239 xxx
 Moody Lillian Dorcas  Pancras 1b239  
Stevens Annie  Pancras 1b239  xxx

Unless we find a certificate how can we be sure who her father is.

Annie Lillingston birthdate 8 August 1865 😀 widow
Living at 26 Sticker Lane Bradford.
Also there is Florence L Green widow, born 2 December 1902

This record is dated 1939