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Re: William Harris Devenport
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 19 June 25 08:49 BST (UK) »
For very little effort the poster could have found out that Robert was illegitimate, mother Mary Ann. As for marrying Kate Silvester that takes the biscuit.

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« Reply #10 on: Thursday 19 June 25 09:24 BST (UK) »
Precisely🙄🙄
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday 19 June 25 10:12 BST (UK) »
For very little effort the poster could have found out that Robert was illegitimate, mother Mary Ann. As for marrying Kate Silvester that takes the biscuit.

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Is Mary Ann's surname definitely Davenport ?
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday 19 June 25 11:34 BST (UK) »
It’s Robert James Devenport born - 1868 Wigan- no mmm . Baptism image online and appears with mother in 1871 census

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« Reply #14 on: Thursday 19 June 25 12:00 BST (UK) »
It’s Robert James Devenport born - 1868 Wigan- no mmm . Baptism image online and appears with mother in 1871 census

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Thank you.  Perhaps Robert's mother took him to relatives working in Wigan coalfield.
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