Robert Hales had one sister, Charlotte, who encouraged him to join her in Wisconsin. According to the 1851 England census, Charlotte was born in Thurlton, Norfolk while Robert was born in Oulton, Suffolk. Both locations are near the county borders. In 1851 a John and Charlotte Durrant are living in Haddiscoe, Norfolk where the census taker noted that John had 70 acres of land and "employed one lad." Charlotte and John Durrant purchased 40 acres in the Town of Waupaca in 1854. John died in 1866 and Charlotte married Thomas Venner in 1869. They both passed away in the spring of 1891.
Many times further research changes the story. When I continued to check the English census records, I found the same John and Charlotte Durrant living in Haddiscoe every year through 1891, when John finally declared he was "retired." They cannot be the couple that immigrated to Wisconsin.
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