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Paul Begg's 'The Facts' (and the details on this site) mentions that Martha Tabram (and husband Henry) had two sons - Frederick John (1871) and Charles Henry (1872). I am very willing to concede that this information is correct - I assume it is, but the 1871 census has an entry for Henry (B 1836) Furniture porter, and Martha (B 1850) with sons Henry (1861) and Frederick (1870). What have I done wrong?
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Wow! If the census entry is correct, then Martha was only eleven years old when her son was born.
It's probably more likely that someone's handwriting was misread.
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Henry junior was not Martha's son. Henry senior had a previous wife, Matilda - see 1861 census.Comment
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Thanks
I knew it would be simple!Comment
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Not sure what became of Charles, but Frederick moved to Wales and married a local girl called Ann Thomas. They had 5 children - one was named after Martha but she died in infancy.Comment
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In the 1891 census there's a Charles H. Tabrum, born in Peckham, London around 1870 or so, working as a groom in Kensington Town, with his wife Emily J. (b.circa 1871 in Clerkenwell, London) and son Charles F. born earlier in 1891.
In the 1901 theres...um...not a lot really! or at least, I can't find them....Comment
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The Peckham man is Charles Hampton Tabrum, not Charles Henry. I seem to remember reading somewhere that Charles Henry went to live abroad (possibly USA) but I'm not sure where I read it, or even if I read it!Comment
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