Edmund Lewis FLETCHER 1884 - 1938 Whitecroft (General)

by whitecroft1946 , Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 17:19 (5054 days ago) @ slowhands

Two little snippets to add to Slowhands' encyclopaedic replies.

Edmund's parents, William Fletcher and Caroline, got married on 24th December 1881 at St John's Cinderford. On the same day at the same place William's younger sister Sarah (my Great Gran!) married George Nelmes. Each couple acted as witnesses to the other's marriage. In those days, with people allowed very few days off work, it was quite common to get married on holidays such as Christmas. Sarah and Caroline were both in service (1881 census) in Leckhampton, just outside Cheltenham; maybe Sarah introduced Caroline to her brother!!

A tricky question! William and Sarah's mother was Letitia Fletcher (nee Ruck). Her parents were John and Susannah Ruck who got married on 21st May 1826, less than five months before Letitia was born (Baptised 8th October 1826). Records of their wedding show the bride as Susannah Brain, spinster, but the birth certificate of their daughter Mary Ann (1839) indicates that she was originally Susannah Clifton and had been married before to a Mr Brain.

This is confirmed by records for Letitia's older sister Jane (shown as Jane Ruck in the 1841 census) which show that she was baptised on 27th July 1823 as Jane Brain with parents John and Susannah Brain. I have raised a question before about the date of death of John Brain; knowing this might give us a clue as to whether Letitia's father was John Brain or John Ruck! A tricky and interesting question!!

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