I think it is possible that some employers would not employ married servants. Could she have concealed her married status from her employers who would then have completed the census incorrectly? Have you found a death record for John Marshall? Regards, Lynda ----- Original Message ----- > My ancestor Charlotte Bulpitt married a John Marshall September 25,1886 in > the Parish Church of North Baddesley in the County of Southampton after > banns. John Marshall was a widower. > > It is strange by 1891 census Charlotte is working as a servant at Melcombe > Regis, Weymouth, Dorset and she is listed as single. She is 39. I wonder > what happened to her husband or why her marriage was for a short period. By > the 1901 census she is still at Weymouth, Dorset. > > Joan > B.C. Canada