Nellie May Nash was born in 1885 in Horspath, Oxfordshire, In 1905, aged 20,now a school teacher, she travels to New York (http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...pid=4032007645) On the form she states that her passage has been paid for by her uncle, and she will be travelling on to San Diego to stay with this uncle, W.I. Penny.
Well this surprised me to say the least. Uncle is William Isaac Penny, last seen in the 1891 census living with wife Laurina in London. He is currently working as an insurance agent, but had previously been a photographic clerk. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=20370335
Laurina is next seen in 1901 back in Oxford with her daughter, saying she is a widow. Therefore I had assumed that William died sometime between 1891 and 1901 but obviously not!
So can anyone find anything more on either William Isaac, or Nellie May. Presumably his family must have known he was alive if she went out to him. Considering that Williams brother was one of the biggest con-artists around, was shipped off to Australia where he was in and out of jail for 60 years, but managed nevertheless to marry 7 times, at least 5 of them bigamously, I do feel a bit sorry for his parents!
Linda
Well this surprised me to say the least. Uncle is William Isaac Penny, last seen in the 1891 census living with wife Laurina in London. He is currently working as an insurance agent, but had previously been a photographic clerk. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=20370335
Laurina is next seen in 1901 back in Oxford with her daughter, saying she is a widow. Therefore I had assumed that William died sometime between 1891 and 1901 but obviously not!
So can anyone find anything more on either William Isaac, or Nellie May. Presumably his family must have known he was alive if she went out to him. Considering that Williams brother was one of the biggest con-artists around, was shipped off to Australia where he was in and out of jail for 60 years, but managed nevertheless to marry 7 times, at least 5 of them bigamously, I do feel a bit sorry for his parents!
Linda
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