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Originally Posted by Phoenix
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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Yes except Pierce Driscoll had one daughter by his first wife Margaret Howey.
Both Margaret Ellen and Pierce Patrick were Emma's they both travelled to USA in 1891 including Adeline by Henry Moorhouse with Emma, while in the USA Adeline died aged 4 and Emma had another two sons and a daughter by Henry Moorhouse named Henry, Lillian and Walter.
I have been looking at John Wingfields who died between 1879 and 1890.
One sticks out John Wingfield born approx 1811 died 1884 Poplar but that is as far as I got he is on 1881 census in his own Dock Labourer.
Wingfield John 73 Poplar 1c 383