In the last quarter of 1850 Moses married Sarah Jackaman and settled in Nettlestead. In 1851, 1861 and 1871 they were living in Nettlestead and Moses was working as an agricultural labourer. They do not appear to have had any children. In the last quarter of 1878, Sarah died at the age of 58.

Two years later, in the first quarter of 1880, Moses Laflain married again - this time to a widow Hannah Battrum who already had several children. She has been found in 1861 living in Turnpike Road, Stonham Parva with five young children and was described as a widow and a pauper. The children were William (aged 12), Deborah (aged 8), Emma (aged 6), Edward (aged 4) and Hannah (aged 3). When she married Moses some 19 years later, most of the children had left home.

In 1881, Moses and Hannah were living in High Hall, Nettlestead and Moses was working as an agricultural labourer. With them were Hannah's daughter Emma Battrum (a general servant aged 25) and her grandson James Battrum aged 2 months.

Hannah Laffling died in the third quarter of 1886 at the age of 61. In 1891, Moses was living in High Hall, Baylham Road, Nettlestead and working as an agricultural labourer. With him were a widow Mary Sheppard, described as a housekeeper, and Moses' grandson James Battrum who was aged 10 and still at school.

In 1901, Moses was living alone at High Hall, Nettlestead and working as an agricultural labourer. He died in the third quarter of 1904, aged 82, in the Ipswich registration district.

Sources for this section.

Parish Registers for Baylham - available in Ipswich Record Office.
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD.
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast.

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