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Hi Ive just found out that my g/grandfather Frederick Wellard was a widower when he married Sarah Howes at the young age of 24. On further investigation I believe his 1st wife was Emma Lock from Northfleet, they were only married for a few months before she died at the age of 19. I believe her father was William Lock from Wallingham Surrey and her mother was Hester from Meopham in Kent. I would love to know more about the family and why Emma died so young. Janet

Just to be of assistance -- this looks like the marriage Janet is talking about, found by searching for marriages between Wellard and Howes, anywhere anytime, at:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk


Marriages Jun 1881
** HOWES Sarah Charlotte N. Aylesford 2a 743
JONES Mary Ann North Aylesford 2a 743
RAND John Richard North Aylesford 2a 743
** Wellard Frederick John N. Aylesford 2a 743


This would be the death of Emma Lock Wellard:

Deaths Dec 1879
Wellard Emma 19 N. Aylesford 2a 277


so taking her age at death, this looks like the household Janet has deduced, in 1861:


Name: Emma Lock
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Hester
Where born: Northfleet, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Northfleet
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Registration district: North Aylesford
Sub-registration district: Northfleet
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 26

Emma Lock 1
Henry Lock 6
Hester Lock 44
William Lock 48


And for Janet -- the death certificate should probably state a cause of death.

For family members of mine who died young around then, it was the tuberculosis got 'em (as I figured out after googling the archaic term on the certificates, phthisis of different types).