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Surnames: Catton, Salthouse, Horrobin
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Florence Lottie Catton appears to have been my great grandmother. SHe was married to my
mother's grandfather, John William Salthouse. They had 2 sons called Wilfred and
Albert Denis, my grandfather, both of whom died tragically young. John also died at a
relatively young age.
Florence always refused to talk about herself, even refusing to tell the doctors her date
of birth when she was dying.
I have recently discovered a possible reason for this. It seems that FLorence was married
before my great grandfather. She was married to a man named William Horrobin and they had
three children, Phyllis Muriel, Joan Florence and Gerald William. Gerald was only 7 years
older than Wilfred.
We have no idea how Florence came to be married twice, whether something happened to her
other family, or even that they existed until a few months ago.
What we do know is that she never spoke to any of hers or her 2nd husband's family, to
the extent that we did not know that they both had several siblings.
If anyone could shed any light on this for me I would be most grateful.
Abi