Right, so here's a problem I haven't looked at for ten years at least.......I haven't looked at it today either, with all the extra available online records, so lets hope someone can get to the bottom of it! lol
I an trying to establish what happened to one of the "wives" of OH's g-g-grandfather, William Cotton.
The first of his two common-law wives was Emma Packer. She and William got together in St Pancras, London in about 1845. They had two children born in London and then moved to Southampton, where they had two more children that I know of: Samuel Charles Cotton b 17th Feb 1851 and Alexander Cotton who was born about 1852 but doesn't seem to have been registered, so I can only presume he was Emma's child.
By the 1861 census, William Cotton had moved on to his next common-law wife - OH's g-g-grandmother, Ann Renyard. Their first known child together was William Cotton b 1st May 1861.
So, what happened to Emma?
We bought a death cert for an Emma Cotton. This Emma died aged 29 on 12th Dec 1854. Our Emma was recorded as aged 27 in April 1851. The death was registered by a William Cotton, but he was recorded as the deceased's father. Also his occupation was recorded as "a turner" when the only occupation William seems to have had was brushmaker or brushfinisher (on every census and all his children's birth certs, baps etc etc). The address on the death cert is "West Quay, Southampton", which is near the various locations our William lived (he moved house all the time though!)
So, is this death cert for someone else (and if so, who?), or is it just filled out incorrectly?
I an trying to establish what happened to one of the "wives" of OH's g-g-grandfather, William Cotton.
The first of his two common-law wives was Emma Packer. She and William got together in St Pancras, London in about 1845. They had two children born in London and then moved to Southampton, where they had two more children that I know of: Samuel Charles Cotton b 17th Feb 1851 and Alexander Cotton who was born about 1852 but doesn't seem to have been registered, so I can only presume he was Emma's child.
By the 1861 census, William Cotton had moved on to his next common-law wife - OH's g-g-grandmother, Ann Renyard. Their first known child together was William Cotton b 1st May 1861.
So, what happened to Emma?
We bought a death cert for an Emma Cotton. This Emma died aged 29 on 12th Dec 1854. Our Emma was recorded as aged 27 in April 1851. The death was registered by a William Cotton, but he was recorded as the deceased's father. Also his occupation was recorded as "a turner" when the only occupation William seems to have had was brushmaker or brushfinisher (on every census and all his children's birth certs, baps etc etc). The address on the death cert is "West Quay, Southampton", which is near the various locations our William lived (he moved house all the time though!)
So, is this death cert for someone else (and if so, who?), or is it just filled out incorrectly?
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