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When I first started to research the only person who would tell me anything was my grandmother, sitting alone she whispered to me " I think my mum was married before but don't know as children never asked parents questions"
So I set out to try to find out and at first looking at her 6 brothers/sisters couldn't find her oldest sisters birth/bap and it was a long time before I did and I never got to tell my nan what I found out.
It was her dad who was married before, her older sister was in fact her half sister and her dad and first wife had 5 children, the oldest who lived and 4 others that died between 1 hour and 16 weeks old losing his wife when their last one was born. How life changed for him between the census and coping with such sadness in his life.
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend