Hi Dawn
Re Cuquemelle
I too would like to know why they left France. All I can tell you - if you don't know already -is the date - 1862. I know this because I have a document headed 'Passeport a l'Interieur' issued 28th Feb 1862 for the safe conduct of Reine Cuquemelle and her daughter Victorine, aged 13 months, from Paris to Boulogne. Presumably her husband had already moved to England.
Incidentally, Ethel Watson was my great aunt. As far as I'm aware I never met her. I have tried to trace her on the 1911 census. Would be interested to know if her married name was Guest?
John