Apologies for dragging you all into my nightmare world, but on the other hand, why should I suffer alone?
It's the Fishes again. The family who drove the enumerator to shakespearean quotes.
In 1861, one of their married daughters is living with them, but the enumerator has clearly marked her "STEP daughter".
Lettice Fish baptised 8 May 1828, Pole Lane chapel, Darwen,Lancs, parents Thurston Briggs Fish and Ann Jepson. Married Eli Beckett in 1850..and we never see him again, either! One known child, Christopher James born 53 (earlier one born 1851, died).
Thurston and Ann were married in 1818 and stayed married, so no way can Lettice be a stepdaughter to either of them, in the true meaning of the word.
However, there is already a mystery about an earlier child, George, born c 1820, but never baptised, although the other twelve children of this marriage were.
My contact has suggested that George was "taken in" by the family. He appears in 1841 as a son, then disappears. But a George JEPSON Fish appears, right age etc, in 1851. I cant find a George Jepson Fish in 1841, so cautiously assume he is one and the same.
Can anyone suggest why Lettice might be described as a step daughter, or did the enumerator just have a funny five minutes (again!)
OC
It's the Fishes again. The family who drove the enumerator to shakespearean quotes.
In 1861, one of their married daughters is living with them, but the enumerator has clearly marked her "STEP daughter".
Lettice Fish baptised 8 May 1828, Pole Lane chapel, Darwen,Lancs, parents Thurston Briggs Fish and Ann Jepson. Married Eli Beckett in 1850..and we never see him again, either! One known child, Christopher James born 53 (earlier one born 1851, died).
Thurston and Ann were married in 1818 and stayed married, so no way can Lettice be a stepdaughter to either of them, in the true meaning of the word.
However, there is already a mystery about an earlier child, George, born c 1820, but never baptised, although the other twelve children of this marriage were.
My contact has suggested that George was "taken in" by the family. He appears in 1841 as a son, then disappears. But a George JEPSON Fish appears, right age etc, in 1851. I cant find a George Jepson Fish in 1841, so cautiously assume he is one and the same.
Can anyone suggest why Lettice might be described as a step daughter, or did the enumerator just have a funny five minutes (again!)
OC
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