Re: More on Joseph & Sarah's possible son George
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More on Joseph & Sarah's possible son George
9/08/01
Joseph and Sarah had a son named Richard who was born around 1849 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, which is where Sarah Pollard came from.Girls often went home to say with relatives for their confinement.Richard was my great grandfather.
Richard married Emma Brown(although I can't find a marriage certifiate yet)and they lived in a road just off Covent Garden, London.They lived with Emma's mother, Susanna, and had five children:Annie in 1871, Emma 1873, George 1875/6, Charlotte 1878 and Sarah Susanna in 1880 (my grandmother).
When my mother died 3 years ago, I decided to try to trace the family as Charlotte and Sarah had been fostered by a farm bailiff in the New Forest, Hamshire, (UK).On the Census it described them as having been from Dr Barnardos Home, but I think its more likely they were fostered from a Work House in London.Apparently their mother, Emma, had died in 1884 from Smallpox and until I found the 1881 Census, no-one had ever been aware that Charlotte and Sarah had older sisters and a brother.It is possible that their father, Richard, was unable to cope with brigng up the children when his wife died and had to have them fostered.My great Aunt Charlotte and grandma said that they can remember their father visiting them on the farm and that he wore a uniform.I wondered if he, too, worked for the railways or Royal Mail and that was how he was able to visit them.
Anyway, back to your George.This is pure speculation, but if George had been borne out of wedlock" they may well have named him George Pollard after his mother's maiden name and he later took the Rosson surname.I will try to find George on the IGI.As Rosson is quite an unusual name I thought it would be easy to trace he ancestor! I think a lot of them originated from Cheshire and I have had contact with another Rosson researcher whose ancestors were baptised in Manchester but although I can't prove it, were probably related to Joseph Rosson.Just for your info.On Joseph's baptism certificate it showed his father as Richard Rosson a flower seller.
Keep in touch - this is fascinating isn't it!
I will keep looking for Joseph's death registration - I suppose he could have lived to a ripe old age (my great Auntie Charlotte lived to 101).
Best wishes
Sue