Did she exist at all??!

[Gaie]

Ok, the image I've taken as your John and family is this one:

RG13 Piece 445 Folio 122 Page 34
102 Wadhurst Road, Battersea, London (Surrey at the time) No it wasn't!!!!
John EASTON Head Wid 44 platelayer b Bucks
John Son 14 b Battersea
William Son 11 b Battersea
James Son 9 b Battersea
Bertie Son 7 b Battersea (you mentioned him in an earlier posting, b1894)

There is a separate household in the house headed up by a Charles Lewson or Curzon, and family.  A lot of the houses in Battersea were purpose-built as flats - I have ancestors who were living in the area at the time.

Kind regards
Gaie

[Aniseed]

Have you got a death certificate for Alice? My aunts used to talk about an uncle, and try as I might I couldn't find anyone by that name in the family. When I searched the death indexes I found two entries on the same page, one for the name my aunts mentioned and another for the name of a brother of my great grandmother, they were both in the same district and both had the same volume and page numbers. I sent off for both certificates and got a refund from GRO because there was only one certificate which had both names on, something like 'John otherwise Peter Smith'. He'd just decided he didn't like the name his parents gave him and decided to call himself something else! It might be worth looking for 'Alice otherwise Florrie'.

[daisydaisy]

Hi Aniseed,

I have searched for deaths under both Alice and Florence (and as many variations as I can think of!), but no joy.  She didn't marry, I've a feeling she may have worked in service at some point in her life, but don't know where (possibly Dorset).  Other than her birth, I can find nothing concrete.  Just her census record when she lived at home (age 13).

[Aniseed]

I have searched for deaths under both Alice and Florence (and as many variations as I can think of!), but no joy.  She didn't marry.

If she didn't marry and she didn't die, I wonder what happened to her. Perhaps she emigrated? Rather a mysterious lady all told, I'd say.

[ln4266]

Hi,

I realise that this reply is a little while after your posts, but I've also been researching my family tree, and have the same Thomas Sheppard that you are discussing in my tree. John Easton is my 2nd great grandfather.

I have Thomas Sheppard firstly marrying Maria Plank in 1860, (d 1876). I assume that her children are: Emma, Sidney (b1864) , Charles, Hannah, William, John, Frank, Bertha, and Martha (due to birth dates)

Thomas then marries Fanny Wilmot in 1876 . Fanny then has children George, Alice, Sidney- the second! (b1880)

Fanny then 'marries' John Easton in 1888 and then moves to London, taking George and Alice with her. She has, and baptises children John (known as Jack in family) Easton, William, James, Bertie and Florence Annie - could she be the 'Florence' that you are after? The baptism date at St. Andrew's battersea is: 18 may 1894, birth 27 April 1894. It seems that John and Fanny baptised all of their children on the same day - John, William, James, Bertie and Florence. John's dob is listed as 21st July 1887 - so out of (bigamous) wedlock.

[lizdb]

and Florence Annie.

Do I see a Florence? 

[ln4266]

I wonder if she is the one that you are after. My Grandmother (Grand daughter of John and Fanny) was also called Florence, so it was obviously a well thought of name in the family. If the original poster is reading this, could we be distant relatives?