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Somerset / Re: BATSTONE family - Chard - Help Please
« on: Sunday 28 August 11 17:05 BST (UK) »
I am also related to Elizabeth Laura Batstone. She is my GGgrandmother. She married Adolphus Reiss in 1864 in Bethnal Green in London. Their daughter Violet Julia married George Acott in Yalding in Kent in 1900 and their son George is my grandfather.
I know that Violet will have met George when she came to Yalding to pick hops in summer as many people living in the East End of London did this. However I do not know why Elizabeth left Somerset to come to London where she met Adolphus who had emigrated from Germany.
From the 1861 census I can see that she was still living in Chard and was employed as a silk winder. However by 1864 she was living in Bethnal Green and had married Adolphus. Does anyone have any idea why she would have made this significant move to London?
Adolphus died in 1884 aged 50 after having seven children with Elizabeth. Elizabeth lived until 1902 when she died aged 64 in the St Pancreas workhouse.
I would love to hear which child of Elizabeth's you are descended from?
I know that Violet will have met George when she came to Yalding to pick hops in summer as many people living in the East End of London did this. However I do not know why Elizabeth left Somerset to come to London where she met Adolphus who had emigrated from Germany.
From the 1861 census I can see that she was still living in Chard and was employed as a silk winder. However by 1864 she was living in Bethnal Green and had married Adolphus. Does anyone have any idea why she would have made this significant move to London?
Adolphus died in 1884 aged 50 after having seven children with Elizabeth. Elizabeth lived until 1902 when she died aged 64 in the St Pancreas workhouse.
I would love to hear which child of Elizabeth's you are descended from?