Hi Whipby, it appears that Robert married Sarah Bravery, and had 2 or 3 children with her. Then they split up, and Robert is with Sarah's sister Ellen Bravery, they also have some children. Then they also split up. Both surnames are used at different times.
Robert dies age 77 having been a widower for at least 20 years !
Sarah dies age 94, 20 years later, she alternates between being married and being a widow.
Ellen dies age 97, claiming the name Clover and widow for the previous 4 census's.
The Martha mentioned in the will in the previous posts is the daughter of Robert and Ellen. Sarah and Ellen Bravery also had a sister called Martha who lived to 69 (a long lived family the Bravery sisters
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I would love to know how they actually arranged all this and how the sisters felt about it.
Julie