Hi. Yes, I think the two Devonian Emma/Jane Hamlyns are ruled out if they are already married. Emma's marriage certificate clearly says 'spinster'. Charles Lot Cheeseman remarried in Mar 1871 (Emma having died Feb 1870). His new wife was Clara Verrall, the daughter of Henry Verrall (labourer), and they were both resident in Rusthall. My guess is that, having been left with two children aged 3 and 5 (Emily, b.1865 and Charles, b.1867), and being a coachman, and living a long way from his own family who were still in Beenham, Berkshire, Lot needed a new wife and married Clara, a local girl. (The Cheeseman men have been great remarryers over the generations - it's a family trait!). I am descended through the younger of the two children, Charles (b. 1867), who was my mother's grandfather. He became a butler and his son, Charles Henry (b. 1899), went into music (his father rightly calculated that this would be a way out of a life of being in service). Charles Henry became principal double bass player in the Royal Philharmonic. Incidentally, Charles Lot and Clara went on to have four more children - Robert (1873), Edwin Alfred (1875), Florence Bertha (1876) and Lionel B. (1880). Best wishes, Emma
