Benjamin & Elizabeth Hobbs continue to confound me! Why were they not married in 1861?
Hi
I can only think that if Mr Acourt was still alive, Elizabeth would be somewhat wary of marrying again! But took the plunge in the end.
I think it looks promising for her being Elizabeth Walker.
You think that Benjamin was from Ramsbury. And Benjamin of the 1868 marriage said his father was Richard Hobbs. It's proving hard to find a Benjamin with a father Richard at the time. But there might be an explanation!
We have the baptism 18 Oct 1812, Ramsbury
Benjamin, illegitimate son of Hannah Hobbs,
Then, just a couple of months later, on 5 Dec 1812, a marriage at Ramsbury
Richard Hunter + Hannah Hobbs
Assuming it's the same Hannah, it certainly would give Benjamin a step father called Richard. He might even be his actual father!
Richard and Hannah had some children in Ramsbury, and father was a Labourer.
That could give you another name to research, maybe there is a Hunter connection somewhere!
1871 is a puzzle, there is a Benjamin Hobbs, 60, in Camberwell. It says he is born Marylebone! And wife Rebecca! No idea what that's all about.
Going back to Sarah Ecclestone, one problem perhaps with the Dallimore possibility is that that she and William do not seem to have had any children. William had been a father previously, and your Sarah had just had two.
They are still in Pancras in 1881, and then go down to Bath in Somerset. Sarah left a will when she died.
Jomot's Sarah who died 1865 is certainly worth checking out, but we don't know exactly which Sarah she was.
John