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Elizabeth (Lizzy) Simpkin was born at Hull c 1880 & in 1901was recorded in Bridlington at the home of her aunt Mary E Simpkin, widow, born Hull. In 1908 she married George Claxton, born 1886 and a native of North Burton (aka Burton Fleming) and they were both recorded in Bridlington in 1911, George being a shepherd. There were no children of the marriage.
George served in the army during WW1 (1915 – 1919) and was awarded the British war & Victory medals and the 15 star. However, it seems that after the war he did not return home to his wife and was eventually up at court in 1920 on a charge of neglecting her and later on a charge of bigamy, for which he was sentenced to 6 weeks in jail. His wife gave evidence at the court hearing for neglect, but was reported to be very frail, and as her husband had given her no financial support, she stated that she had had to go into the workhouse.
In 1921 George lived in at his place of employment (a farm at Goxhill East Yorkshire) and declared that he was married. (To whom??????
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I cannot find Lizzy in 1921 census. I cannot find feasible deaths or remarriages for either of them.
As an aside, George seems to have been a bit of a "bad boy." in 1916, a woman wrote to George's sister (they'd worked together some years previously) and asked if she could go and stay for a few days. She arrived some weeks later (December 1916) in a taxi, with no belongings and no money to pay the driver and they arranged for her to stay at the home of a relative. After a few days, they asked her when she was leaving - the woman announced she was pregnant and would like to stay until after the birth. The baby eventually arrived in late March 1917, but the mother died on 6 April as a result of puerperal fever. (This info is from a newspaper account of the inquest of the "mystery" woman.) In 1921 the child lived with George's mother and, after the death of George's mother in 1938, the child lived with George's married sister, where she was registered in 1939. A member of the Claxton family has added this child to her family tree, as the daughter of George. (She could well be right, given his track record and also through being privy to family info! I can't find out what happened to the child post 1939 - but that's a separate inquiry
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Elizabeth (Lizzy) Simpkin was born at Hull c 1880 & in 1901was recorded in Bridlington at the home of her aunt Mary E Simpkin, widow, born Hull. In 1908 she married George Claxton, born 1886 and a native of North Burton (aka Burton Fleming) and they were both recorded in Bridlington in 1911, George being a shepherd. There were no children of the marriage.
George served in the army during WW1 (1915 – 1919) and was awarded the British war & Victory medals and the 15 star. However, it seems that after the war he did not return home to his wife and was eventually up at court in 1920 on a charge of neglecting her and later on a charge of bigamy, for which he was sentenced to 6 weeks in jail. His wife gave evidence at the court hearing for neglect, but was reported to be very frail, and as her husband had given her no financial support, she stated that she had had to go into the workhouse.
In 1921 George lived in at his place of employment (a farm at Goxhill East Yorkshire) and declared that he was married. (To whom??????
)I cannot find Lizzy in 1921 census. I cannot find feasible deaths or remarriages for either of them.
As an aside, George seems to have been a bit of a "bad boy." in 1916, a woman wrote to George's sister (they'd worked together some years previously) and asked if she could go and stay for a few days. She arrived some weeks later (December 1916) in a taxi, with no belongings and no money to pay the driver and they arranged for her to stay at the home of a relative. After a few days, they asked her when she was leaving - the woman announced she was pregnant and would like to stay until after the birth. The baby eventually arrived in late March 1917, but the mother died on 6 April as a result of puerperal fever. (This info is from a newspaper account of the inquest of the "mystery" woman.) In 1921 the child lived with George's mother and, after the death of George's mother in 1938, the child lived with George's married sister, where she was registered in 1939. A member of the Claxton family has added this child to her family tree, as the daughter of George. (She could well be right, given his track record and also through being privy to family info! I can't find out what happened to the child post 1939 - but that's a separate inquiry
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It came up NOW as restore
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