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John Wallis was born abt 1841 in Frome, son of William and Hester Wallis.
His father was a Handloom Weaver and he was a Shoemaker.
In 1865 he married Sarah Knight Payne and their son Joseph Edward, was born in 1866.
I have found John in every census from 1841 to 1901 except 1881. In 1871 he was in Sheffield and in 1861 he was in Portsea Prison.
Can anyone help me find john's location in 1881 (maybe he was in Scotland) or how he got into jail?
His wife married apparently bigamously, in 1875 and her name appears alongside those of her husband (Isaac Wolfe) and Father-in-Law in the 1877 Death Register. Could John Wallis have been on the run, my imagination is running wild!
His father was a Handloom Weaver and he was a Shoemaker.
In 1865 he married Sarah Knight Payne and their son Joseph Edward, was born in 1866.
I have found John in every census from 1841 to 1901 except 1881. In 1871 he was in Sheffield and in 1861 he was in Portsea Prison.
Can anyone help me find john's location in 1881 (maybe he was in Scotland) or how he got into jail?
His wife married apparently bigamously, in 1875 and her name appears alongside those of her husband (Isaac Wolfe) and Father-in-Law in the 1877 Death Register. Could John Wallis have been on the run, my imagination is running wild!