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Note: Aunt Beat refers to a sister Dorothy and brothers Bill, Albert and Frank.
Is Albert the same as Arthur Albert Moody (brother/aviary man)?
If so we've established two additional brothers, Bill & Frank.
But Aunt Beat also said their surnames were Morey.
Florence Mary Moody was apparently married before to a Moray or Morey.
Could these therefore be brothers and sister in law?
Bill apparently married a Sally Lockhart and they kept the Jubilee Inn.
Frank apparently went to Canada.
JJ: At one time held the News of the World silver tray for having the largest family in Northam.
1881 Census: her mother Jane married a Morey after giving birth to two illegitimate children under her maiden name of Moody.
Albert is FM's true brother, Bill may be Joseph William Morey, her 1/2 brother. 1891 Census should identify further Morey offspring.
AGE DISCREPANCY: Florence Mary's marriage cert claims she was 19 and therefore born in 1876. 1881 Census claims 3 yrs (1878) Check 1891 when entry found. Subsequently checked. 1891 claims 13 which confirms 1881. Marriage cert would therefore appear to be wrong. She was probably only 17 when she married.
Something very fishy here. Looks as if she was trying to make herself look older at time of marriage, ie, 19 when she was only 17. Also some evidence that she had previously given birth to a daughter, Emily Moody (Aunt Em, mother of Gwen). Looks like Emily Moody was 10 in 1901, in which case Florence Mary was only 13/14 when Emily was born (assuming 1881 Census age of Florence is correct) If the marriage cert age of Florence is correct then she would have been 16 when Emily was born, ie, scraping in on the edge of 'respectability', which might explain need to 'change' age.
Marriage cert has one witness as Beatrice Alice Osram. In 1891 Census she is found at 13 Allington Lane in the house of John Osram a general labourer. She was 14 at the time, so 18 at the time of FM's marriage.
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