Joe, Cannot advise, except to suggest a possibilty that Rachel left PIGGOTT & went off somewhere, perhaps abroad, with someone else? Which might explain why John Crawley PIGOTTs "marriage" to Ada WYATT was not registered - it may not have been legally possible. I am presuming Peter has done wider research. There may be nothing untoward about the fact that in 1891, John C. PIGGOTT, Carpenter, his wife Rachel & son John C., aged 3, were enumerated at 2 Cinque Ports Terrace, Seaford, Sussex, while the younger son George PIGGOTT, aged 1, was with his grandmother Sarah MUNDEN (a Widow, Living on own Means) at 8 Spurgeon House, Cross St, Southwark, London. Or that Edmund & Sarah MUNDEN cannot be located in either English or Welsh Census returns in 1851. They would appear to have married in West London, Dec qtr 1845, she Sarah JONES (now there's a lucky break - a Welsh JONES!), prob born ca 1821 in Pontepool, South Wales (1861, 1871) or Merthyr Tidwell, Glamorganshire (1891). They were enumerated at 17 Chapel Place, Leather Market, Bermondsey, 1861, he a Plumber, b Ilminster, Somerset, with 4 ch'n - Mary A., aged 13, Jane, 7, George, 5, & Edmund Jr, 3. In 1871, they were at 20 Chapel Place, ditto, with 6 ch'n, including a daur Sarah, 20, who was not with them in 1861, but without Mary A., & with extras Rebecca, 10, & Rachael, aged 7. Edmund appears to have died at St Olave, Southwark, Jun qtr 1875; Sarah at St Saviour's, Southwark, Mar qtr 1900, aged 78. But Peter was probably aware of most, if not all of this. Regards, Chris PIGOTT, Potts Point, N.S.W.

Hello Chris, Thank you for your suggestions. Indeed I had not thought of the possibility of Rachel "running off with another man". I mean, one's relations do not do that sort of thing do they?(despite the fact that another one of mine decamped to the US of A with a younger lady - leaving wife and four children marooned in Twickenham!). I did indeed have the information of Rachel's ancestors, but it was kind of you to include it and I am grateful. Thank you again, Peter Norfolk.