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Elizabeth
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Mary Ann Lousley’s sister, Elizabeth Allen
(1812-1901), married Edwin Caudwell in 1838. We first meet her in the
depths of depression because her oldest child, Job, has become very
poorly indeed. This seems a euphemism for fatally ill because nobody
expects him to recover. She herself then falls ill with suspected
consumption. As a cure for this, she and her husband take annual trips to
Margate, sometimes as much as six months at a time. Edwin was a draper
who kept his business at Wallingford. He suffered along with the others
when Mr Webb went bankrupt. Other branches of the Caudwell family lived
at West Ilsley (Francis) and Drayton (Charles). Francis Caudwell married
Ann Humfrey, sister of Edward Humfrey, mentioned above. We also see other
signs of intermarriage, because Celia Humfrey, the daughter of Mary Ann
Humfrey and Edward Humfrey will marry her cousin Frederick John Caudwell,
son of Elizabeth Lousley and Edwin Caudwell.
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