victoria moss great yarmouth

[perseus]

Trying to find Victoria Moss b 1840 Great Yarmouth. mother Hannah Moss, no father named.
I have her on 1841 & 1851 censuses and 1871,when she is living with her mother in Jury Rd yarmouth.
I'm unable to find her after this. I've looked for marriages & deaths but come up with nothing.
She's obviously there somewhere!
Any help appreciated

[Kerrywood]

Is she in St Pancras in 1881, as Victoria TILLETT, the wife of James TILLETT?
There is also a Sarah E MOSS in the household.

RG11/193 folio 35 page 10
(record held by TNA, Crown copyright)

[Coromandel]

This looks rather like her marrying in 1858, at Yarmouth St Nicholas, to a mariner called William Dale.

[Mutley]

I can see mum Hannah in 1861 living with Cassandra (now a Johnson) but I cannot see Victoria as a Dale.
RG9/1192/194/21 (record held by TNA, Crown copyright)

As he was a mariner maybe she was off in a boat with him on census night.
If the marriage is her it is strange that by 1871 she is using the surname Moss.

[Kerrywood]

If the marriage is her it is strange that by 1871 she is using the surname Moss.

Possible scenario ... the marriage to William DALE in 1858 didn't work out, for whatever reason, and Victoria returned to her mother, claiming spinsterhood in 1871.

Meanwhile in London ...

1871 census
RG10/216 folio 20 page 34
Blue Lion Yard, Grays Inn Road, St Pancras
James Fillet Head Mar 49 Cab proprietor born Suffolk Rickinghall
Lucy Fillet Wife Mar 45 born Suffolk Stoke by Nailing (Nayland?)

Possible death
Sep Qtr 1877
TILLETT Lucy Elizabeth age 53
Pancras vol 1b page 47

Victoria finds her way to London ...

1881 census
RG11/193 folio 35 page 10
Blue Lion Yard, Grays Inn Raod, St Pancras
James Tillett Head Mar 59 Cab Proprietor born Berkshire Rickinghall
Victoria Tillett Wife Mar 35 born Norfolk Gt Yarmouth
Sarah E Moss Visitor Unm 18 Farmers Daughter born Norfolk Gt Yarmouth

Possible death
Mar Qtr 1887
TILLETT James age 64
Sudbury vol 4a page 371
(matching entry in the National Burial Index, at Sudbury Cemetery)

National Probate Calendar
1887
7 February. Administration of the Personal Estate of James Tillett late of Sudbury in the County of Suffolk Gentleman who died 9 January 1887 at Sudbury was granted at Bury St. Edmunds to Victoria Tillett of Sudbury Widow the Relict.
Personal Estate £2,874 2s. 6d.

1891 census
RG12/175 folio 80 page 22
26 St Thomas Road, Islington
Victoria Tillett Lodger Wid 46 Own Means born Norfolk Gt Yarmouth

Possible death
Jun Qtr 1900
TILLETT Victoria age 60
Yarmouth vol 4b page 24

(census records held by TNA, Crown copyright)

Ages are a bit out, but it might be worth considering?

[Mutley]

It might well be worth considering, I'd be quite excited if they were mine.

[Kerrywood]

1881 census
RG11/193 folio 35 page 10
Blue Lion Yard, Grays Inn Raod, St Pancras
James Tillett Head Mar 59 Cab Proprietor born Berkshire Rickinghall
Victoria Tillett Wife Mar 35 born Norfolk Gt Yarmouth
Sarah E Moss Visitor Unm 18 Farmers Daughter born Norfolk Gt Yarmouth

This Sarah E MOSS may be Victoria's niece, daughter of her brother Henry MOSS and his wife Amy.

From FamilySearch ...
Sarah Ellen Moss
baptised 6 May 1863, Yarmouth, Norfolk
father's name: Henry Moss
mother's name: Amy
source film number:1526648

In 1871 the family is in Jury Street, Great Yarmouth, with Sarah Ellen perhaps recorded as Nelly aged 8.
RG10/1789 folio 30 page 22 (record held by TNA, Crown copyright)

[Kerrywood]

Personal Estate £2,874 2s. 6d.

I'd be quite excited if they were mine.

So would I.

According to the TNA currency converter, in 1890 £2,874 2s 6d would have the same spending worth of today's £172,131.35

[Mutley]

So would I.

According to the TNA currency converter, in 1890 £2,874 2s 6d would have the same spending worth of today's £172,131.35

[Kerrywood]

The index to Death Duty Registers shows that duty was paid in relation to the will of Victoria TILLETT of Southtown in 1900.

Unfortunately, 1900 is one of the years missing from the probate calendar as rendered by Ancestry, so it doesn't show up there.

A copy of the will can be obtained from the probate registry for £5.00. Details here.