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Hi, It's me again. I asked for help on an enigma in my family tree. My gt gt grandmother Eliza Salter gave birth in the Westminster Union workhouse as a single mother to Drusilla Elizabeth Salter in February 1880 but appeared to have been married a month earlier to Frederick Rowland. I put forward an idea that Frederick's father, the police inspector might have been responsible for the register being fiddled. I had lots of interesting and though provoking responses. I now have a little more fact to add to the mix.

The London Metropolitan Archives have done a little research for me and have found Eliza Salter in the Westminster Union workhouse. The register recorded that Eliza was admitted on 10/2/1880. She is described as a single servant of 19 years of age and 'in labour'. The address of 6 Golden Square is given. She had been admitted from' St Pancras to St James' parish. Drusilla Elizabeth Salter was born on 11/2/1880 and baptised on 24/2/1880. Her 'abode' is given as 22 Argyll Street. Mother and baby were discharged from the workhouse on 27/2/1880 at Eliza's request. This does not answer the problem of the marriage date but does present another question. Why 2 addresses? 22 Argyll Street or 22-24 Argyll street (in the 1881 census) seems to be a fashion business. The other address provides no clues at all. How can I find out what the business in Argyll street was? Any help would be much appreciated.

Could it be that one address was her home and the other where she worked or were the father of Drusilla lived or where she was going to live once she left? or where her 'husband' lived? Cor! What a corker! I love a little mystery! Good Luck! Louise