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Thank you Ruskie and Shaun. Yes they were reasonably wealthy but the younger generation seemed to have taken advantage of the father's work as a builder and lived a life of leisure as "gentlemen" and spinster women who may have spent their days having cups of tea etc. There were 7 children but only one son (who also came to Australia) married and he did not have any children. My husband's ancestor had children with his housekeeper here in Australia but he is buried in an unmarked grave and did not seem to be very successful in life. My mother-in-law took a while to accept that I had done my research properly when I first found these rich ancestors. I often wonder how they went downhill from what they had with servants etc in London. The home in Wested House was where some of them including the mother resided in 1891 and 1901 and probably 1881 although I cannot find them in 1881 census. Father John died at Wested House in 1880 so maybe his widow and some of the children were holidaying on the Continent or possibly even in Australia during 1881 census. They also had a house in Crowborough Sussex where different members were at various times. I have several other locations to look for but presume those earlier houses would be gone. One was near Lords Cricket Ground just off Circus Rd where the maternal grandparents had lived and owned several houses. Before that they were in Connaught Tce (now part of Edgeware Rd) just near Marble Arch.
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