Alfred L Duce/Douce

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I think there are two families here with similar names.   
 
In 1901 Sybil's family

Walter Douce 30 - 1871 b Blyton Lincolnshire
Mary A 27, 1874, Blyton Lincolnshire
Percival F, 2, 1899, Corringham Lincs
Reginald 0, 1901, Hillsborough Yorks

You may have to have a look at the Lincs family as well

1871 census (FindMyPast)  edit:  living in Blyton

John Douce 42, 1829, pob NK,  lab machinist
Jane 43, b Goxhill (looks like)
Samuel 9 b Goxhill
Mary Jane 6 b Blyton Lincs
Clara 4 b Massingham
Fred 2 b Blyton
Walter 7 mths b Blyton

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It is all quite a mystery!
 

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Just a bit more info for everyone who tried to help with the Douce mystery..
The marriage cert for WALTER LAWRENCE gave his father as William Douce, the same as ALFRED LAWRENCE. W L was 26 yrs when married, putting his birth at c 1881, the same as ALFRED.
On the 1911 census it states Bulphan as the birthplace of WALTER, the same as ALFRED.
His eldest child was STANLEY LAWRENCE, who was the informant on ALFREDS death cert!!
Beginning to think for reasons we may never know ALFRED L and WALTER L are one and the same! Cannot find a WALTER LAWRENCE born in 1881 or a death 

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Forgot...both were Railway Guards.
One final similarity is that WALTER married a JENNIE LING from Eastwood.
Well, ALFREDS brother EDWARD CHARLES married a FLORENCE LING also from Eastwood.
Both LING girls mentioned had a father called George.
Highly possible for two brothers to marry two sisters in a short space of time!

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Certainly looks like the same chap.