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b.1859 Hull to Eliza Wilson
m. Ann Maria Hayes DQ 1876 Hull (GRO indexes)
and had two children born Hull (1881 census)
Frank b.1879
Alfred b.1886 (with Gower grandparents on 1891 census)
b.1870 Hull to Albert & Eliza Wilson
m. Eliza Blanchard DQ 1890 Hull (GRO indexes)
and had two children born Hull (1901 census)
Florence Lilian b.1892
Edith Annie b.1900
b.1864 or 1868 to John and Charlotte Gowen nee Devereaux
John Goffin 1840-1882 had three children:
George Albert b.1868 Norfolk
John Hall b.1864 Norfolk
Rosanna Alice b.1872 Norfolk.
George Albert Goffin died in May 1898 in London. He is buried with his sister Rosanna in Wimbledon.
Someone claiming to be George Albert Goffin married Fanny Bilton nee Wilson in Dec 1898 in Hull.
The person who married Fanny Bilton d. Sept 1927 and it is noted on his death certificate that he was also known as “John”.
John Hall Goffin married Emma Botwright in 1886 in Norfolk.
John does not appear on the 1891, 1901 or 1911 censuses, though Emma appears as a married woman living with her daughter, father and brothers.
The assumption is that John and Emma split up and that John married Fanny Bilton pretending to be his recently deceased brother, George, to avoid being caught committing bigamy.
Many thanks to Susan Thomas, Les George and Marie Croshaw for providing the above information.