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The Common Room / Re: 1881 Census Help - Lodger mystery!
« on: Monday 16 June 25 16:03 BST (UK)  »
From the information I've gathered Edith was born in 1871 illegitimately then Elizabeth & Joesph married in 1872 in Shrewsbury and then went on to have Joseph Clement.

I know their father Joseph Hughes remarried in 1881 to Susannah Butler in which he states he is a widow.

The burning question is what happened to their mother something which is still a mystery after many death certificates ordered! and why the children ended up as lodgers with the Lewis's? - I suppose this may be a question which I will never find the answer.

Thanks again!

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The Common Room / Re: 1881 Census Help - Lodger mystery!
« on: Monday 16 June 25 14:22 BST (UK)  »
On the census we have;

John Street, St Peters, Wolverhampton

Thomas Lewis, Head 37.  Grocer Porter  B. Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Elizabeth Lewis, Wife 36.  B. Letternahll, Staffordshire 
Edith Hughes, Lodger 9.     B: Pontesbury, Shropshire
Joseph Hughes, Lodger 6.    B: Pontesbury, Shropshire

I have found their Father in the 1881 Census as Joseph Hughes, Blacksmith in Banbury, Oxfordshire but their mother Elizabeth Hughes (nee Edwards) I have been unable to trace any information since the birth of her son Joseph Clement Hughes in 1874. Joseph Clement went on to be an habitual criminal in which one newspaper article says he was neglected by his mother - so perhaps a clue as to why they were living there.

The Lewis's went on to house more lodgers in the 1891 census.

Thanks so much for helping!

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The Common Room / 1881 Census Help - Lodger mystery!
« on: Sunday 15 June 25 13:10 BST (UK)  »
I have the 1881 census in Wolverhampton, UK. My ancestors are listed as lodgers aged 9 & 6 with a couple who do not have their surname (I can find no relation). I'm curious to see if anyone knows whether there would be any records to show how and why these 2 children became lodgers with a presumably unrelated family.

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