Does anyone know where I can search for French people?
This is a really strange story. A relative on my mother’s side was called Reginald Frank Roll and at the age of 28 he married a Laurence Maria Henrietta Espie who was 24 and French in 1921 in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England. On her marriage certificate her father is named as Jean Espie and a gentleman so I’m presuming he was wealthy.
Firstly I would like to know if anyone would know why a French woman would be in Suffolk in 1921?
After the wedding Reginald and Laurence moved to India for work and she didn’t want to go. I have been told that she died in childbirth in 1926 and Reginald came back to England with the baby for his mum to look after, but his wife’s family took the baby to a France and he never saw his son again. In fact, the family said the little boy had died, but Reginald never saw a death certificate and for the rest of his life didn’t believe he had died.
Where would I even start looking for this family?
Thanks
