With the Riboldi brothers settled in Lancashire, it’s the turn of their sisters – so step forward Emma Sophia, born 1866, Catherine Mary, born 1867, and Florence Annette, born 1869, just weeks after their father’s death. Where did they get to, and what can we find in the records?
Diving straight into the 1871 Census worked a treat for the boys, so I try the same again. I input the surname and a rough birth year, and Findmypast returns a single result, the eldest girl, Emma.
It’s no surprise to find five-yearold Emma Riboldi, scholar, living in what looks to be a convent-cumorphanage in Westminster. What a surprise, is that she’s on her own. I flit from page to page, but there’s no sign of Catherine or Florence. In fact, there’s very little information about
