I have found a newspaper report, from Southampton, 26 Jan 1856 regarding George Deadman. Within the report it states that he went to the home of his mother-in-law, who is later named as Mrs Charlotte Leach.
I am reasonably sure this was the Charlotte who was my ggg-Grandmother - mainly because she was the only Charlotte Leach in Southampton at that time and she lived in the area where George said he was that night. However, none of Charlotte's daughters married a George Deadman, and tracing him on censuses, he was born in 1834 in Surrey and was a bootmaker/closer who (up to 1881) never married. Why then would he call Charlotte his mother in law, when his own mother was still alive, and living a few streets away?
My only thought is that maybe he was engaged to one of Charlotte's daughters, but once he was convicted the engagement was called off? Anyone have any other ideas?
I am reasonably sure this was the Charlotte who was my ggg-Grandmother - mainly because she was the only Charlotte Leach in Southampton at that time and she lived in the area where George said he was that night. However, none of Charlotte's daughters married a George Deadman, and tracing him on censuses, he was born in 1834 in Surrey and was a bootmaker/closer who (up to 1881) never married. Why then would he call Charlotte his mother in law, when his own mother was still alive, and living a few streets away?
My only thought is that maybe he was engaged to one of Charlotte's daughters, but once he was convicted the engagement was called off? Anyone have any other ideas?
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