From the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 6th April 1848
James Bisdee and Edgar Bisdee , for stealing 13 fowls, from the property of Joseph Hewlett; also, four fowls from Eliza Lawrence; also, a sheep from Thomas Castle
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To start with, we thought Jessie Simpson was my grandmothers sister, then we discover she was my grandmothers young unwed mother. There is no trace of her besides her own birth index and on my grandmothers ( Mavis) birth certificate. Census and electoral rolls have placed my grandmother in the home of her grandparents Frederick and Isabella. I had found no such documents with Jessie's name attached to it. After some hard digging and a free two week trial on another family history page, I finally put some pieces together that I couldn't not entirely say was so. I do have the documentation now. Jessie Simpson had my grandmother in 1914 as an unwed mother at the age of 20 to a man named Henry Gardiner, who was already married and expecting a child with his wife at the same time. Jessie named her daughter Mavis Gardiner Simpson. I am not sure if Jessie left her daughter to be raised by her parents then, but by 1918, Jessie had found George Fletcher and married him. I have found that Jessie died in 1982, just 3 years before her daughter did aged 82. I have done a little more digging and found two electoral roll entries for 1934 and 1937 for George and Jessie Fletcher at King Street Rockdale NSW. Other then this, I have found no more information, need to keep on digging!
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AuthorMy name is Davina and I have been researching my family history since 2011. I started with almost nothing but ended up with a wealth of information and I needed an outlet to show and display all the information I have found. Archives
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