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Hi Debbie, I do have Elena Hooper Curtis West married in Isle Abbott Oct 29 1872 to Lot Curtis, he was a railway porter and I do have his parents information here as well if you don't have it.  I have found two children Lilly 1873 and Laura 1875, but as you said only Laura them was alive or at least living with her mother in the census.  Afterward her husbands death she married John West and had five more children and I do have some of their marriages but not much else.  I have been on pins and needles waiting for Nooshie to come back on line so we can trade all the West info.  I also have Hooper information but I am sure its probably the same as you have retrieved from that website.  After having another look at my file, Lilly married a George Tippen in Isle Abott in July 11th, 1893.  Shelly

The fellow who died in New Zealand passed away in the late fourties/early fifties leaving quite a substantial estate that was divided among  the relatives in England and Canada.  Although it was John and James West sister Mary Ann West who travelled to N.Z. and married there to a Mr. William Eggington.  Their son was John West Eggington who died without issue.  I have a letter from the lawyer outlining some of the descendants who inherited a cash amount from his estate.