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Disappearing ancestors

Q I have collated some details and hope you may be able to help me find my missing couple.

Edward Eaton, born and baptised 1824, Sutton on the Hill, married Sarah Adams in 1846. I have records for Edward on the 1851, ’61 and ’71 Census returns; an 1855 Post Office Directory; and poll of an Edward Eaton selling Orthorpe Hall farm in 1861. The details on other records do not fit, however. The death certificates for Edward Eaton in Derby in 1891 and 1893 and that for Sarah Eaton in 1874 are not the right person.

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