Catch up on the full story of last weeks NEWS...........
*Frederick Horton –
Frederick was in last week’s NEWS when he found himself
accused of bigamy after he married a lady named Lucy whilst still being married
to Letitia Phillips.
Frederick was the son of Ralph and Sarah Horton, Ralph
worked as a game keeper and the family lived in Walgerton in Cheshire. Frederick was baptised on 6th May
1838 at Wybunbury, Cheshire. In 1861 Frederick is aged 22 years old and he is
recorded on the census as being a visitor at the home of Samuel Tonge an engine
fitter at Barton Upon Irwell in Lancashire.
Frederick is employed as a gardener.
Frederick married Letitia Philips on 17th
February 1863 at St Marks Parish Church in Hulme, Lancashire. They were both of “full age” and single. The witnesses at the marriage were Abel
Mather and Mary Phillips. Letitia was
the daughter of George Phillips a farmer.
From online resources[1]
I have found 2 possible children of Frederick and Letitia Horton, these may or
may not be their children - birth certificates would need to be obtained to
confirm;
v Sarah
Elizabeth, born 17th December 1863, baptised 4th February
1864 at Accrington, Lancashire
v John
James, baptised on 12th August 1865 at St Marys Church, Stafford, died 1865
What occurred during the years after the marriage of Frederick and Letitia is not known. If John James was their son then was it the sad death of baby John that caused the couple to part? Letitia
apparently left the country to live in France.
Frederick carried on with his life and married Lucy on 13th
October 1867.
I have not managed to find out what happened to Frederick
and Lucy after the trial in March 1871, did they remain together?
As for Letitia and her daughter …………there is no further mention
of Letitia on English census records. A
7 year old girl named Sarah Elizabeth Horton is living with Thomas and Ann
Phillips at Cheadle, Cheshire in 1871 so this does look like it would be the
correct Sarah Elizabeth Horton as the couple have her mother’s surname.
Letitia’s link to France may be that she was born there;
on the 1861 census there is a 16 year old girl named Letitia Phillips who is
visiting John Duna and his family in Middlesex.
Does anyone have any more information about this
complicated family?
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*Ann and Sarah Page –
This couple were in the NEWS after it emerged that they
concealed the birth of a child and buried the dead baby at South Normanton.
Ann was the daughter of Sarah and Samuel Page. In December of 1870 she was working as a
servant for Mr Swan a colliery proprietor.
A lady named Mrs Brown had visited the residence of Mr Swan and noticed
that Ann looked as though she was “in the family way”. Ann admitted that she was but told how the
father of the child would not take responsibility. She went on to tell Mrs Brown how terrible
she felt that day. Later the same day
Mrs Brown found Ann and she had delivered a male child who was sadly dead when
she found the pair. Mrs Brown sent for
Ann’s mother Sarah who arrived and wanted to take the dead child away to put
him in the “dustheap”. Mrs Brown denied
her this and Sarah left the house. Later
that evening she returned and took away the child.
It wasn’t until 18th February 1871 that the
police were informed and P.C Lovatt went to call on Sarah Page asking her to
take him to the place of the burial. She
did this, taking him to “an enclosed place, where the coal was kept” and “got a
coal pick, and removed a quantity of coal slack, as well as a brick, underneath
which she had buried the child, which was wrapped up in a piece of sheeting”.
At the trial Ann said that the father was a publican
named Edwin Epperson.
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[1]
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Ahorton~%20%2Brecord_country%3AEngland%20%2Bmarriage_place%3Achorlton~%20%2Bmarriage_year%3A1863-1864~%20%2Bfather_givenname%3Afrederick~%20%2Bfather_surname%3Ahorton~%20%2Bmother_givenname%3Aletitia~%20%2Brecord_type%3A(0)
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