Married 24 Dec 1863 Woodford. Fathers Benjamin Betts, Labourer, Robert Starsmore, Sawyer. Mary Jane signed. Witnesses Henry Wilson, Hannah Wilson.
1871 Census
New Town, Woodford, Ag Lab, wife Mary J. 25, Emily 6, Ann 1.
Went to America. Farmed in Nebraska. Left wife and family to return to England to help sister Caroline run fish stall in Kettering. She had promised to leave him money in her will if he came back. However he was ill and ended up in the Workhouse where he died (Northampton). Caroline died before him and only left him something like £10!
His wife died in Nebraska in 1910. |