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Look-up please or a few pointers !!!!
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Mark | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:05 |
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Kingston Prison in 1881 *LOL*....i am not sure i want to know and besides there would be no way of finding out. (If it is anything like a x2 Gggrandmother it could be for attempted murder of the husband....*LOL* |
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Christine | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:07 |
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Do you know when his first wife (Mary) died? That might help work out who the father of Sarah's older children were. |
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Mark | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:09 |
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Untill i posted the message on her i was not even aware that he was married before. I would guess it would be between 1861 and 1873 when he married sarah Geal. |
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Christine | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:13 |
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Name: Mary Short Birth Date: abt 1835 Year of Registration: 1868 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Age at death: 33 District: Thakeham (includes Washington) County: Sussex Volume: 2b Page: 185 birth registration of Sarah's oldest Name: Jane Geal Year of Registration: 1867 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Thakeham County: Sussex Volume: 2b Page: 301 |
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Mark | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:16 |
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If that is his first wifes death then i would say that the oldest Geal cant be his as it has her as being born a year before? Jane Geal abt 1867 You beat me to it...*LOL* |
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Christine | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:22 |
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Only way to know for sure is to order her birth cert - of course, it is possible that no father is mentioned on said cert! |
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Mark | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:23 |
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Ok, yep, i guess that is the only way of knowing. Thanks for your help. I am off now to try and find out why sarah was in prison in 1891 (If it is the same one) Thanks. Mark. |
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Helen | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:26 |
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If the wife was ill and laid up for a while before she died it may be that the servant was ..ahhemm... serving him!!! |
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Mark | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:27 |
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*LOL*....so, you are saying he was servicing the servant??? Sounds like i was born 150 years too late. |
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Helen | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:34 |
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It happened in my tree, pub landlord, wife with consumption, he took a liking to the barmaid.... He did eventually marry the girl but only after she had given him four children (two while the wife was still alive) |
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Teresa | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:35 |
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Mark you might be interested in this. http://www.mandywillard(.)co(.)uk/surnames/short/leonard_1778.htm |
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Mark | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:36 |
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And there was me thinking that people was all 'prim & Proper' back then. I guess it has always happened. Nice choice though, barmaid !!!!! |
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Mark | Report | 18 Apr 2006 18:39 |
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Teresa, Thanks for that, but i have been in contact with her and shared info (Both familys linked by marriage) Thanks for the Suggestion though :) You listed that there was a Sarah in the clink (Prison) in the 1891 census. Does it say what for? (my curiousity is getting the better of me) Mark. |
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Keith | Report | 18 Apr 2006 19:37 |
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I am new at this and not as clever as the people sending you information. but i have to say reading the threads has been very entertaining. |
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Teresa | Report | 18 Apr 2006 20:07 |
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Sorry Mark , no further info. |
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