It has been hard to sustain the push I felt to extend and/or prove the information on the family tree sent to me by a cousin many years ago. Somehow there isn't the same amount of time to devote to genealogical research once back on home turf. Besides, I've been intrigued by the information that took me to London so I've started to look at the research that I've gathered on my East End relatives to see where the gaps are.
When I look at the 1891 census records for 82 Wentworth Street, I see an extended family which means collateral relatives to add to my family tree. The entry also brings up questions. I can identify everyone at number 82 as being related in some way except for one couple, William McArthur and his wife, Mary R. Did they have some as yet unknown family connection to the rest of the people living in that dwelling? My great grandmother Charlotte's sister, Mary A. Wright, is head of her part of the household but she is listed as married. Where was her husband Thomas James Wright? I also would like to know when she and her children moved into the same residence as her sister and family. Was it before or after the spate of killings made life in neighbourhood even more precarious?
I'm still reading up on the effect of the Ripper murders on the East End. It must have been difficult for them. Perhaps that was why the family were all living in such close proximity in 1891.
Sources:
Ancestry.ca – 1891 England
Census
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