Let me see if I have this straight, Eliza surname unknown was married to someone called Warren and had James b1836 & Emma B1839. Eliza then went on to marry James Frampton and had sons Jacob b1836 & John b1850. Emma was a lodger in 1861 of William Warren who she then went onto marry (even though big age difference) in Jun q 1861 Highworth. William died 1870 Highworth, the couple had 4 children, Rose Warren b Jun a 1874 Stratton St Margaret being one of them.
Emma then married William Hazell in 1876 Highworth, he died Jun q 1879 Highworth.
Emma then Warren in 1871 found herself with her children in Swindon & Highworth Workhouse with a Richard Warren, relationship unknown. But in 1881 she was living at a Private House in Stratton St Margaret as a Laundress with her children.
Questions, who was Richard Warren? was he William Warren's father? And who were the children that Rose adopted, family legend says they were the children of Thomas, her brother and his wife who both died?
Family legend says that the two children - a boy and a girl. The girl may have been Connie Creighton (maybe the girl or child of the boy and girl?) tv star.
Regards Trish
I think you have it correct
Emma Heath married William Warren in 1861
at the time of the 1861 census Emma was lodging with William Warren but her name was entered on census as Emma Frampton -probably because her mother had remarried to a Frampton.
Emma and William Warren had 2 children b within marriage - Alice Warren and Ann Warren. It is very possible that Emma was pregnant when William died -and so Thomas Warren is the child of Emma & William Warren
By the time of the 1871 census widowed Emma Warren (nee Heath) was in the workhouse with her 3 children -Ann, Alice and Thomas. Also in the workhouse at the same time was Richard Warren who was entered as Married , but it seems in fact he was a widower. He may be unrelated to William Warren - or (going by his age) he could possibly have been the brother of William Warren. No proof or reason to think that he was .
Widowed Emma Warren then had a daughter Rose in 1874 who would be illegitimate. From Rose's p.o.b. it looks like she may have been b in the workhouse - her birth cert would be needed to prove/disprove that.
Emma Warren (nee Heath) married William Hazell in 1876 - he may have been Rose's father - but maybe not.
The family tale of Rose being the daughter of the Salisbury station master may be true -or could have been embellished slightly. After William hazell's death Emma did have a railway labourer lodging with her - so there may have been some connection with the railways - but maybe not - lots of widows took in Lodgers for extra money - and there were always railway workers looking for lodgings
It doesn't look like Rose had any children of her own - but she didn't have children living with her in any census.
I'll check on the children Thomas Warren had - so do you think Connie Creighton was Thomas'daughter???
If she is the Connie Creighton who was a voice on the Sooty show then she was b. c. 1935- so Thomas would have been c. 65 yrs old when she was born
Was Connie Creighton her married name or stage name???
Of course you really need a few certificates to have documented evidence that this is correct
Suz