Is it likely that a greatniece would be described on the 1861 census as just "niece"?
5 yr old Frances Harriott Steel is so described staying with my ggg grandparents William & Mary Steel in Stedham, Sussex, their son John is also in the household. By 1871 she is with John and his wife Frances Steel in Greenwich described as daughter.
If she's not John's dau then she must be Frances snr's. Frances snr's maiden name was Steel (have their marriage cert) and if Frances Harriott was Wm & Mary's gt niece then John & Frances snr are cousins. Does my reasoning hold water?
5 yr old Frances Harriott Steel is so described staying with my ggg grandparents William & Mary Steel in Stedham, Sussex, their son John is also in the household. By 1871 she is with John and his wife Frances Steel in Greenwich described as daughter.
If she's not John's dau then she must be Frances snr's. Frances snr's maiden name was Steel (have their marriage cert) and if Frances Harriott was Wm & Mary's gt niece then John & Frances snr are cousins. Does my reasoning hold water?
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