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Originally Posted by Merry
Maybe we just notice more when people with unusual names appear to vanish? If they are called John Smith we can just accept they are probably on the census/death index etc but we just can't recognise them!
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I would agree with that Merry. You would expect to find someone with a name like Willoughby Jennings even if it was badly transcribed. Also when they are born in a little village like Laughton en le Morthen.
Sounds like a shotgun wedding due to a baby about to make an appearance and then he did one rather quickly when he realised he didn't really want to be married to Clarissa. That or something special was happening in 1878 for men to disappear lol.
If he wasn't dead, then looks like Clarissa gave it about 20 years to make sure he wasn't coming back
