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Who was Richard Palmer's father?

Q Richard Palmer was born on 29 May 1894 in South Shields, County Durham. His mother was Annie Mills Palmer, formerly Brown (born 1853), and his father Richard Palmer, a commercial traveller. I can’t find a marriage for Annie Mills (Palmer or Brown) to Richard Palmer.

Annie married John Palmer in May 1875, but he died in 1884. Two years later, Annie married Robert Brown at

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