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A Twist of Fate, by E. Patricia Gutteridge, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.293-294) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Eliza Bumstead PLUMLEY married Stephen FOORD on 9th March 1854 in Pevensey Parish Church. Both of their families lived in the village. Their first born were twin boys, followed by five more children. In 1867 Stephen's mother died from typhoid fever closely followed by his step-father and step-sister. Another set of twin boys were born in 1869, baptised on 16th May and named Thomas John and John Thomas. In about 1870 the family moved to Brighton where two more children were born, and where Stephen was now working as a potato merchant.
Catastrophe struck in 1876 when Stephen, aged 47, was found hanging in the garden shed by one of his daughters; an inquest was held on 18th April. Eliza was suddenly left alone. The older children were away from home, but she was left with three girls, aged 9, 3 and 2 and the twin boys aged 7. She had no alternative but to find work. In the 1881 census the two youngest girls were in the Brighton Industrial School, Warren Farm, Rottingdean. John Thomas, one twin, was in the Boys Home, Upper Lewes Road, Brighton, but where was Thomas John FOORD, the other twin?
Catastrophe struck in 1876 when Stephen, aged 47, was found hanging in the garden shed by one of his daughters; an inquest was held on 18th April. Eliza was suddenly left alone. The older children were away from home, but she was left with three girls, aged 9, 3 and 2 and the twin boys aged 7. She had no alternative but to find work. In the 1881 census the two youngest girls were in the Brighton Industrial School, Warren Farm, Rottingdean. John Thomas, one twin, was in the Boys Home, Upper Lewes Road, Brighton, but where was Thomas John FOORD, the other twin?