Recapping:
Emma first marries in 1879 in Shoreditch to Pierce, a widower with small children.
Subsequent children born in the London area.
On that first marriage, she says her father is John, a provisions dealer. On the next marriage she maintains that his name is John, but simply says he is deceased.
You can't find her (or him!) before the first marriage, and there are never recognisable family members with her on the census.
Am I right so far?
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