Here is the Harper family in 1881:
Mary Harper age 27 b Moulton, Northamptonshire
Joseph Harper age 31
Emily Harper age 3
Charlotte Harper age 7 mo
I am fairly sure that this is a firm foundation for tracing backwards.
The GRO gives Emily's mother's maiden name as Britten. The only woman of this name that I can find was born in 1842, not 1854. Birth registered and baptised in Brixworth which is not so far away, parents John & Maria. If she never married she may be the woman who died Sep 1918 of the right age. Throughout her married life Mary Harper always gave her dob as 1854 even after Joseph died so it seems unlikely that she had been lying about her age by a factor of 12 years and I am minded to discount the one born in 1842. However I can then find no birth nor in any census prior to her marriage. There are some obvious spelling variations to consider but I have not turned up anything. Can anyone do better?
Mary Harper age 27 b Moulton, Northamptonshire
Joseph Harper age 31
Emily Harper age 3
Charlotte Harper age 7 mo
I am fairly sure that this is a firm foundation for tracing backwards.
The GRO gives Emily's mother's maiden name as Britten. The only woman of this name that I can find was born in 1842, not 1854. Birth registered and baptised in Brixworth which is not so far away, parents John & Maria. If she never married she may be the woman who died Sep 1918 of the right age. Throughout her married life Mary Harper always gave her dob as 1854 even after Joseph died so it seems unlikely that she had been lying about her age by a factor of 12 years and I am minded to discount the one born in 1842. However I can then find no birth nor in any census prior to her marriage. There are some obvious spelling variations to consider but I have not turned up anything. Can anyone do better?
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