Have you ever heard of Bella Dunn? Well I certainly hadn't until discovering her name on the 1901 Census. It seem's she was the tragically ill fated second child of Simon and Rebecca. She is listed as an infant on the census, aged about 1. Sadly however she died by June 1901, as her death is recorded in the period of April-May-June of the 1901 registration of deaths for England and Wales.
Perhaps the loss of their second baby, in an area of east London known to be riddled with filth, squallar and disease was the catalyst which pushed our ancestors to make a better life for themselves in the cool, crisp, purer air of Puntas Arenas...
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