Emma SHELDRAKE (c. 1857- )

Emma SHELDRAKE, daughter of Perry SHELDRAKE (1832-c. 1914) and Drusilla LEATHERS (1835-c. 1905), was born c. 1857 in Diss, Norfolk. She appeared in the census in 1861 at Walcot Green in Diss - 4, living with parents Perry (27, agricultural labourer) and Drusilla (26), and siblings Harriot (8, scholar), Anna M (3), Eliza (1) and Maria (4 mos).¹ She appeared in the census in 1871 at Walcot Green in Diss - 14, living with parents Perry (40, agricultural labourer) and Drusilla (35), and siblings Anna M (13), Minnie (10), George (8), James (4), Ellen (2), John (2) and Eliza J (10 mos).²