Rebecca Wetherall (1845-1873).My 2nd great-grand aunt. Rebecca was born to Mary Wetherall on 29 January 1845 at the Great Yarmouth Workhouse but the birth certificate has a blank where the father’s name should be, meaning she was illegitimate. The informant for the record was James Kemp, master of the workhouse. But why Mary had her […]
Month: February 2021
Maud Jane Wetherall (1881-1958)
Maud Jane Wetherall (1881-1958).My 2nd great aunt. Maud was born on 15 June 1881 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and baptised in the town’s St Nicholas’ Church on 29 November that year. She grew up with her parents Benjamin Thomas Wetherall and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Green and their other children in Admiralty Road. By the 1901 census she […]
Maria Finch (1829–1868)
Maria Finch (1829–1868) and Edward Duffell (1826-1895).My 2nd great-grand aunt and uncle. Maria Finch (or Mary as she was sometimes recorded) was baptised on 18 January 1829 at St Mary Magdelene Church in Reigate, Surrey, the daughter of Henry Finch and Jane Bashford. She grew up in the town with her parents and siblings and was […]