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  • Can a letter make three, or even four, people vanish?

    *huffs and puffs*

    I'm trying to discover what happened to these two couples who mysteriously vanish after 1871.

    George Vowles (b 1843 Keynsham, Somerset)
    Ann Williams (b abt 1843/44 Kelston or Saltford, Somerset)

    The above couple married in 1865 and in 1871 can be found living in Saltford, Somerset (no children)

    John Henry Huish (birth details uncertain!)
    Margaret Mitchell (b 1845 Keynsham, Somerset) She is my relative :(

    The above couple married in 1869 and in 1871 Margaret is living with her parents Thomas and Mary Mitchell (my 2xg-grandparents) in the parish of Ashley Down and Stapleton in Gloucestershire. Margaret says she is married but her husband isn't there. There is a Hy John Huish aged 30 in the Gloucester County Lunatic Asylum who is married, but I don't know if that is her husband and I can't find him on any previous census.

    In June 1871 there is a court case reported in the Bristol Mercury. George Vowles has been caught by his wife writing letters to another woman (she found one he had written but not sent in his jacket pocket!). Once Annie Vowles had found the letter, George Vowles and a friend of his, Jesse Wheeler, set about generally making Annie's life a mysery - locking her in the house, verbally and physically abusing her etc. Both men were fined and bound over for 12 months. The recipient of the letters and the adressee of the letter not posted was Margaret Huish of Ashley Down :( who had also accompanied George Vowles on days out The newspaper made no comment about her being recently married or where her husband was.

    I have not been able to find any of these people after the 1871 census. No deaths for any of them either. So, where did they go?

    Thanks for reading..........If I dont answer any questions immediately that's because my daughter has just announced I am her taxi service for the next hour or so :(
    Last edited by Merry Monty Montgomery; 13-02-09, 17:31.

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    What about these?

    1891 RG12; Piece: 1941; Folio 35; Page 18
    George Vowles born c 1845 Keynsham, wife Annie

    same couple in 1901
    RG13; Piece: 2346; Folio: 18; Page: 5.
    Last edited by Elaine ..Spain; 13-02-09, 17:42.
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    • #3
      Can a letter make three, or even four, people vanish?

      Well, I suppose so, if the letter is a Vowle.

      *rolls on floor and dies laughing*

      OC

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Elaine ..Spain View Post
        What about these?

        1891 RG12; Piece: 1941; Folio 35; Page 18
        George Vowles born c 1845 Keynsham, wife Annie

        same couple in 1901
        RG13; Piece: 2346; Folio: 18; Page: 5.
        *tries hard to ignore OC :(

        Elaine, they were NOT there before, I'd swear!! lol OK so they didn't fall out permanently!

        Now you need to find my Margaret!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Merry Monty Montgomery View Post

          Now you need to find my Margaret!
          I'm trying!
          Elaine







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          • #6
            You give his name as John Henry Huish

            Only marriage I can find is
            Marriages Dec 1872
            HUISH Charles Henry
            Mitchell Margaret
            London C. 1c 9

            and possible subsequent divorce
            National Archives

            1881
            RG11; Piece: 678; Folio: 140; Page: 16

            1891
            RG12; Piece: 471; Folio 104; Page 3

            - but Margaret's place of birth is wrong! :(
            Elaine







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            • #7
              Where have you found the 1869 marriage for Margaret?
              Elaine







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              • #8
                Ignore that last bit of drivel!

                Marriage found
                Dec 1869
                Huish John Henry
                MITCHELL Margreat
                Clifton 6a 335
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Olde Crone Holden View Post
                  Can a letter make three, or even four, people vanish?

                  Well, I suppose so, if the letter is a Vowle.

                  *rolls on floor and dies laughing*

                  OC

                  I noticed that one too, i suppose a french one coul;d also explain some difficulty tracing a birth too

                  *i too roll on the floor and die laughing*

                  Sorry Merry, i'm slightly bored and not having much luck with some pow stuff and need the amusement.
                  http://www.flickr.com/photos/50125734@N06/

                  Joseph Goulson 1701-1780
                  My sledging hammer lies declined, my bellows too have lost their wind
                  My fire's extinct, my forge decay'd, and in the dust my vice is laid

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                  • #10
                    Sorry, Elaine.....I didn't say thankyou!!

                    Glen......stop it! lol

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                    • #11
                      I thought I would try and follow all the Margaret's born in Keynsham around 1845, to see what happened to each of them. Unfortunately one of them was called Margaret Jones!

                      In the mean time I came across this page in 1891:

                      RG12; Piece: 3663; Folio 55; Page 18

                      Margaret X and her dau Ellen X.

                      I can't read the surname and it clearly isn't Huish, but now I can't find them on any other census I'm getting paranoid that this could be my Margaret, running all round the country.......

                      Any bright ideas please?!!

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                      • #12
                        It looks like Walker to me and might be this person in 1881

                        RG11 piece 199, folio 91, page 5
                        Jackie

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                        • #13
                          I`d go for Walker too- Definately not Dalke though! lol

                          Sorry Night Owl, posted this before I checked out your 1881 index!
                          Last edited by Konovolov; 13-02-09, 23:35.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Olde Crone Holden View Post
                            Can a letter make three, or even four, people vanish?
                            Well, I suppose so, if the letter is a Vowle.
                            *rolls on floor and dies laughing*
                            Originally posted by Merry Monty Montgomery View Post
                            *tries hard to ignore OC :(
                            It's a bit hard to ignore a dead body on the floor.

                            Originally posted by Glen in Tinsel Knickers View Post
                            *i too roll on the floor and die laughing*
                            Wish I'd known this before I sent Glenn a PM.

                            Originally posted by Merry Monty Montgomery View Post
                            Glen......stop it! lol
                            I would assume he has.

                            Sorry I can't help it. It's raining and I'm waiting on my pizza to arrive.
                            Kit

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                            • #15
                              Thanks, yes it does seem to be Walker. Not sure who Margaret is though......


                              It's a bit hard to ignore a dead body on the floor.
                              Indeed, especially when it's a hairy biker body

                              see:

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                              • #16
                                Merry - I have a Male Huish marrying a Mitchell in Surrey quite sometime later.

                                That is two names we have in common now
                                Jess

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                                • #17
                                  lol Jess, got any Smiths??!

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