Hi There Woodley
I would just ask you to be super careful while doing your tree.
I'm not sure if you are the same person who was posting on other forums but if not then there are others doing your family tree whom have gone WAY off tangent it appears.
One message says that a person whom was doing the tree was given access to someone else doing the same tree who has down that Alice was married to a John Leslie whom was from Scotland and has followed this train of thought WAY back into Scotland.
As you can see here now by the great work that Dathai, Sinann and MyLuck did for you that this is not the case at all.
It's a prime example of being super careful at not just copying someones elses tree.
It's such a shame that Alice (for now) can't be tracked back further.
Given her relationship with Ernest and all the subterfuge that I'd imagine that were part of her life it would be very possible that any details on her would need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
For now the only real paperwork we can use for her is the census.
Census can be greatly erratic at the best of times.
Given her situation, she may not have been from Dublin, she could have been Catholic, her age could be incorrect.
It's certainly a intriguing story.
One illegitimate child happens, two seems more planned doesn't it
As I said before, it also seems possible that Ernest was supporting her.
Have you ever tried to track down a will for Ernest ?
It might be worth it to see if anything could be gleaned from it.
Did you ever get a death cert for Alice ?
May be leads there, possibly not though.
Re Dublin Heritage
There is a 1939 version too
Oh and aren't the Leswares interesting ?
Turret Clockmakers sounds fascinating.
Tara
