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Suffolk / Re: Patience the minor
« on: Thursday 30 November 23 00:38 GMT (UK) »
Yes, that would seem to make more sense. A slight tweak of age to be more desirable to a beau. By 1852/53 Henry (previously a clerk) was licensee of the Bell Inn in Borough Market and was in trouble for not paying the taxes. Henry seems to have left Patience as his brother Joseph in Australia put several adverts in the newspaper asking for Henry to contact him. Henry never did appear in another census that I can find, maybe to avoid debt collectors. Then by mid 1854 he was living with Jane Millard and they had a daughter Amy Jane Soden, supposedly born in Bow. Amy Jane's baptism on 7 May 1871 at St Mary Newington states she was born 7th Feb 1855. Henry and Jane married in June 1880 after Patience died in April 1880.
Thank you LizzieL for the suggestion. I often find that people embellish the truth but forget that they also downright lied about things.
Thank you LizzieL for the suggestion. I often find that people embellish the truth but forget that they also downright lied about things.