Thursday 18 February 2010

Emily Jane Tripe (1844-1910)

The Basics
Emily was born between July - September 1844 in Dawlish (Newton Abbot), Devon, England. No evidence of baptism found yet. Her parents were William P Tripe.
Emily married Charles St Aubin on 9 January 1870 at a methodist church (CR1/0053) in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Listed people at the wedding were Mary Shapley, Ezekiel Baker and John Bruster. Emily is noted as a milliner and 25 years old.
Emily's occupation was a milliner.
Emily died between July - September 1910 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. She was 65 years old. Her burial took place on 31 July 1910 at Merridale Cemetery in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. The noted parish is St Paul and she was living in Penn Road as a widow.

Children
Alice Jane
Emily Jane
William Alfred
Mary
Beatrice
Lily Ellen
John

Interesting
Emily started her life in Devon and trained to be a milliner. By 1870 she was in Wolverhampton marrying Charles. What sparked the move? Also there is a big gap between the birth of Alice and Emily - why was that? Also I cannot find Emily and the children on the 1881 census. Charles is a lodger at a common lodgers place in Wolverhampton so where was the rest of the family? By 1891 Charles is a pauper in the Wolverhampton Union Workhouse. To make the mystery deeper children are still being born to Emily up until 1888. Do these children belong to Charles? To make things worse, in 1891 Emily lists herself as a widow on the census but Charles is still alive at this point.

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