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Folio.305-306 Mary Lamb residing at St Cuthbert, Bedford, widow.

30 Oct 1822

From: 1822 To: 1822

She is about 32 years of age. Married at St Cuthbert at the latter end of the summer of 1813 to James Lamb then residing at St Cuthbert, pipemaker by whom she has three children Robert aged 8, Emma aged 6 and Elizabeth aged 3. Her husband died in February 1819 leaving one daughter by a former wife named Sarah now about 14 and living with this Examinant. She often heard her husband say that he belonged to Trinity parish in the City of Ely. Her husband received relief from the Overseers of the Poor of Trinity in his lifetime up to the time of his death. She has continued to receive relief from them until Michaelmas last. Her husband resided in a house in St Cuthbert from the death of his former wife to the time this Examinant was married to him at a rent of about four or five pounds a year.

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Lamb, Mary,
Lamb, James,
Lamb, Robert,
Lamb, Emma,
Lamb, Elizabeth,
Lamb, Sarah

BEDFORD, Ely, POVERTY, Overseers, Poor Laws, Settlement, settlements, DEATH, rentals, MARRIAGE, pipemaker