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i suspect that my great-grandfather's uncle was Edward John Eyre. my cousins and i had been told this since childhood. My grandmother was Elizabeth Thomson Eyre who was the daughter of George Eyre and Jane Thomson. George was the son of William Eyre who should be Edward John Eyre's brother if the family story is true. William was born in 1828, probably in Nottingham and married Jane Scarr of Leeds. However William and Jane were under age when they married in 1844. William married under an assumed name (Eyreroe) which does not appear to be recorded anywhere else in history! He gave his father's name as John Eyreroe, a mason, on the marriage certificate. Could William have been a late addition to the family of Edward John Eyre's parents? Or perhaps an illegitimate child of one of his sisters? There are two (?) sisters listed in the 19th centurt censuses. Given the difficulty I had in finding his marriage, I could easily suspect William of being an outcast from the family. Neville Biggs, Australia.

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