Hi all,
I opened a can of worms yesterday and all sorts of skeletons came out the cupboard where they had been hiding for years. My mothers great grandfather re-married after his first wife died and had a daughter out of wedlock, although he did marry the mother of the child eventually. When he died he left everything according to the will I found yesterday to this daughter by his second marriage.
After his first wife died, 4 of the children married very quickly afterwards at very young ages, I think probably to escape the house. My great grandfather was only 18 when he married and we have often wondered why.
The thing is I cannot find any trace of 2 of the children after the 1891 census: this is the family below
Name Age
Edward Connor 44
Sarah Connor 42
Julia Connor 18
Ada Connor 21
Edward Connor 14
Joseph Connor 10
William Connor 8
Arthur Connor 5
It is Joseph b 1880( who was born Frederick Joseph) and Arthur b 1886 who I am having problems with. William is lodging and working as a potman/barman. The three eldest all married in 1894.
I found a likely death for Arthur J Connor b 1886 and dying in Islington in 1927, which is where his father died.
Help greatly appreciated in tracing these boys. Can I also say a big thanks to Frazzled who helped me solve Edwards situation.
Just found his birth record by trawling the individual records Arthur James Connor b1885 in the last quarter in St Giles!!
I opened a can of worms yesterday and all sorts of skeletons came out the cupboard where they had been hiding for years. My mothers great grandfather re-married after his first wife died and had a daughter out of wedlock, although he did marry the mother of the child eventually. When he died he left everything according to the will I found yesterday to this daughter by his second marriage.
After his first wife died, 4 of the children married very quickly afterwards at very young ages, I think probably to escape the house. My great grandfather was only 18 when he married and we have often wondered why.
The thing is I cannot find any trace of 2 of the children after the 1891 census: this is the family below
Name Age
Edward Connor 44
Sarah Connor 42
Julia Connor 18
Ada Connor 21
Edward Connor 14
Joseph Connor 10
William Connor 8
Arthur Connor 5
It is Joseph b 1880( who was born Frederick Joseph) and Arthur b 1886 who I am having problems with. William is lodging and working as a potman/barman. The three eldest all married in 1894.
I found a likely death for Arthur J Connor b 1886 and dying in Islington in 1927, which is where his father died.
Help greatly appreciated in tracing these boys. Can I also say a big thanks to Frazzled who helped me solve Edwards situation.
Just found his birth record by trawling the individual records Arthur James Connor b1885 in the last quarter in St Giles!!
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