« Reply #11 on: Thursday 26 December 24 08:24 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all for your replies.
Betsey as I suspected started out as Elizabeth Tomkins.
I did see the Workhouse entry will have to do a bit more research on that.
Matilda Franklin (Betsey's elder sister) was witness to Betsey's marriage to Thomas Parker marriage at Bedford Register's Office 25 December 1858.
Many thanks again
Bunnygirl

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