As it is the last day of my Scavenger Hunt, I would like to thank all those that have been of assistance. I have certainly found more out about this intriguing family than I was expecting. Of course, there is still much to check.
A quick summary of what has been achieved:
A potential death has been found for Eleanor Sarah Fortye Millis. I shall certainly purchase this certificate in the near future. She also seems to have been discovered on the 1861 census, which is fantastic. It has also shown me that her own cousin's family also seemed to have dabbled in extra-marital affairs. Of course, none of them are blood relatives of mine but it has at least concluded to me that Beverley Purton Edwards Lodington, alias Edwards, likely left Eleanor Sarah Fortye Millis, rather than the other way around.
Thanks to Shaun, it has now also been proved there are two (in fact, three), Isaac Lodingtons and both married Anns, just to confuse matters. This means I now have an extra generation but that is certainly better than inaccurate information.
Further links have been made too, partly by diligence on my own part. I have now linked the Baddeley, Bell and Sayer families in (two of the families used Lodington as middle names for children, whilst one of the Bell's has Robley as his middle name).
I also now have purchased three Wills for Lodington ancestors. There are a few more I plan to get as well in the future. I was curious though, whether anyone was willing to do a quick write-out of these Wills? I can pick out the majority of names but one particular Will has poor writing.
I can e-mail you the PDFs if you would like to take up this task.
Here are some queries some of you may desire to look further into:
1. Ann Lodington (daughter of Thomas Lodington and Ann Day) is called Ann Ramsay in her father's Will. I have no trace of her marriage.
2. Where is Ernest Otto E Papke on the 1871 census (if he is a Foreign Subject, then he may not have emigrated to England that long before his marriage in 1873)? He is husband of Frances Eleanor Lodington. She remarried after his death in 1875, to William Blyth.
3. I still have yet to locate deaths for the following: Candler Lodington and Buley Gerrard (or Edwards),
4. I also am still completely at a loss as to who Ens. Thomas Edward Lodington's wife was. Is it Mary Ellen (?) or Ann Burrell? Children's christenings would suggest she was Mary Ellen (?) but Ann Burrell did not die until 4 Oct 1865. Is this another case of bigamy? Or is it simply that for whatever reason, Ann Burrell is Mary Ellen (?)?
