tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post1933691728390588157..comments2023-10-09T18:35:08.132+01:00Comments on London Roots Research: Emma Frances Ray - the intriguing story of my gg grandmotherRosemary Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14415524272755182489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-44636679351927513492013-03-09T13:58:04.229+00:002013-03-09T13:58:04.229+00:00Many thanks for your helpful comments. I, too, wo...Many thanks for your helpful comments. I, too, wondered if he was maybe "older" as one of the possible death certificates is a 78 year old "gentleman" who died in Somers Town in November 1842. The Court records are a good idea, as are the newspaper records, I will take another look. I've tended to leave him to one side as he is not a direct line, but I remain intrigued, and it is a permanent niggle as to why Emma never married my gg grandfather Edward Clifford.Rosemary Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415524272755182489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-14598810150623024582013-03-09T09:47:42.337+00:002013-03-09T09:47:42.337+00:00Great article Rosemary, sounds like quite a puzzle...Great article Rosemary, sounds like quite a puzzle though. I wonder what her reasons were to seemingly leaving such an intermittent trail of clues behind? <br /><br />I know 'gentleman' is a bit of a weakly defined title, but it makes me wonder whether Mr Tanner was already married and/or in some kind of highly respected position where he might want (or be able to) contest the parentage of her first child. Obviously he didn't get away with that as he seems to have eventually embraced his fatherhood when she became pregnant for the second time - marrying her just prior to the second birth.<br /><br />Maybe newspaper articles would cover this kind of 'scandal' (more so if he was already married or of some 'high standing'), or maybe there will be documents where Emma has had to go through the humiliating ordeal of dragging her case through a court in order to prove parentage (i think this angle was covered in the Alex Kingston episode of WDYTYA).<br /><br />Worth a look if you haven't already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com