essex and lemon families market harborough

[eileenfreda]

I am trying to find any information about my great grandmother Sophia Essex who lived in Market Harborough and was born in 1858. In 1871 she is on the census as a general servant in the house of the Lemon family in Bowden Lane. They seem to have been quite well to do - though she wasn't as her family were tanners. Martin William Lemon is listed as a town missionary but I can't find anything else about what that meant or where his church was. I would be grateful for any help. Thank you.

[Janet H.]

Town Missionary was someone who preached the Gospel in and around their own town, rather than go abroad.

[Elaine]

Hi eileenfreda and welcome to family tree forum

A little bit of background from the paper in the newspaper 1887

[Elaine]

There's info on Sir William in google books

Debrett's

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h81KeBoecVUC&pg=PA343&dq=sir+william+de+capel+brooke&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPhMHP083gAhUXVRUIHXngDEAQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=sir%20william%20de%20capel%20brooke&f=false