That's really strange because my 3 x great grandmother came from Heybridge and I am not sure but I think either just before or just after her husband died they were living in Filey. Now I know that her husband was a sailor/mariner so I presumed that he was either born in Filey and travelled to Essex where he met her or she travelled to Filey.
I can understand her moving as a single person but not as a married woman to such a small fishing village.
Thanks anyway. It was a long shot in the first place. I will have to rethink ways to identify his birthplace.
Margaret