William PRICE, Mary's mystery brother! Post 3

Well, my last post probably sounded like I was 'on something'? :)

Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction!

However, I have had other thoughts about this William PRICE. What if he really was another illegitimate baby for Mary VALANTINE? Maybe they got his age wildly wrong on the 1871 census? So, I searched on freebmd for births for William VALENTINE, using the phonetic search on the name, in London, Surrey and Middlesex between 1857 and 1861. For each one found, I checked on gro.org.uk to see the mother's maiden name. None were blank to indicate an illegitimate birth.

It will be interesting to see what;s on the certificate I've ordered for the William Thomas PRICE born in the 3Q 1861 in St Saviour but I'm not sure it's going to advance things much!

In truth, I doesn't really matter as it is the illegitimate Mary VALANTINE who became Mary PRICE who is my husband's direct ancestor and I can, at least, continue researching backwards from her. Nevertheless, I would love to solve the mystery of William. I would think that Mary considered him to be her brother so from that point of view it would be nice to 'work him out'!

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