Poor James Drayton! Born 1870 in Brighton, though not in birth indexes.
1861 he is a 5 month old love child with Thomas Haws and family.
1871 Thomas Haws has died and his wife remarried. James is now 10-year old and has surname Chown after his foster mother's new husband.
1881 James is recorded as a boarder with the same family and is working as a bootlaster.
1891 still with family, still bootlaster, but now down as "visitor".
No idea why, having been born Brighton, he'd end up in Shoreditch. But at least the woman who took him in looked after him.
1861 he is a 5 month old love child with Thomas Haws and family.
1871 Thomas Haws has died and his wife remarried. James is now 10-year old and has surname Chown after his foster mother's new husband.
1881 James is recorded as a boarder with the same family and is working as a bootlaster.
1891 still with family, still bootlaster, but now down as "visitor".
No idea why, having been born Brighton, he'd end up in Shoreditch. But at least the woman who took him in looked after him.
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