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Sophia Matilda Walton (1812–1835)
Sophia Matilda Morrell (1835–1863)
Sophia Matilda Read (1863–1880)

1812–80

Cutler and jeweller. Premises at 164 Oxford Street, London, 1861; and in the Burlington Arcade from 1865. Perhaps daughter of John Francis Walton and his wife, Elizabeth. Married George Morrell (1800/1–57) in 1835, and Thomas Read (1798/9–1882) in 1863.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1694/151/29), 1871 (RG10/1340/33/3)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 9 July 2019)

England, select marriages, 1538–1973 (Ancestry.com, accessed 9 July 2019)

London, England, Church of England births and baptisms, 1813–1917 (Ancestry.com, accessed 9 July 2019)

Post Office London directory 1861, 1865

Prerogative Court of Canterbury will registers (The National Archives: Public Record Office PROB 11/2260/290)

Bibliography

Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.

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