Genealogy Chat

I take it this is the family you are following from the 1881 census... Alice Sewell abt 1873 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England Daughter St Andrew London Annette Sewell abt 1879 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England Daughter St Andrew London Annie Sewell abt 1853 Goswell Rd, Middlesex, England Wife St Andrew London Annie Sewell abt 1869 St Lukes, Middlesex, England Daughter St Andrew London William J. Sewell Holborn, Middlesex, England Son St Andrew London William J. Sewell abt 1841 Holborn, Middlesex, England Head St Andrew London I think Williams marriage to Ann Stranger/Grainger is his second marriage and Annie & Alice were probably children from his first marriage. I could be wrong but there seems a big age gap between Alice's birth & Annette's. Georgina.

yes that is the family Georgina, know what you mean about the gap. Looked up the birth of william James Sewell junior, found the one that you did but also one the following year also for St Pancras! Dont want to order two certificates especially since they are not for me, so am going to search for birth of another child think to be safe in case it is a second marriage will plump for a later child. In the 1901 census there is another Annie born 1887, so can only assume the first one died, they had a habit of losing children in those days, how careless of them!! karen x