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Worcestershire / Re: Surname intrests in The Lye area
« on: Monday 31 August 09 20:13 BST (UK) »
(Grandma) Rose Elizabeth Spittle (1880) is in theory the daughter of Harriet Frier and John H Spittle, BUT Harriet was originally married to Joseph Frier and appears on the 1881 census as a lodger of John Spittle's with a 6 month old Rose (L - ? Lizzy) Frier. Harriet is marked as married[but not to John]. By the 1991 census she is down as John's wife and Rose is now also a Spittle.
I have been unable to find that Joseph died - infact I think he lived into the 1900's, so it looks like a bigamous marriage - although I havent been able to find a marriage cert for John and Harriet either.
Has anyone else come across this and researched in more detail before I break it to my husband that he is not Spittle descended at all!
Nicci