Richard Hancox has found stories of prostitution, bigamy and scandal amid his extended Victorian family. He uncovered this drama through teasing out the story of a man who, unsurprisingly, wanted to put the past behind him.
MY BRICK WALL
I My family tree had suffered a glaring omission for many years. It related to the father of my great grandmother Florence Ellen Walters, who was an identical twin born in 1883 in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Florence’s parents were Henry Walters and Eliza Baker. I found them on the 1891 census