George Henry Brecht and his wife Lucy Ann Cornwell

Hard Times Life was particulalrly hard on Lucy Ann:

2. Workhouse, West Ham

Charles Albert Cornwell born 1900 (mother Lucy Ann Cornwell and father George Henry Brecht - see below)

1901 Census

7 Lansdowne Road, West Ham

Louisa Cornwall Age 19 Jam Factory Hand (living with mother Sarah, Widow)
Albert Cornwall Age 10 months born West Ham, Essex (grandson of Sarah)

1911 Census

1 Oak Road, Canning Town, Essex

Lucy Ann Brecht Head Married 29 Factory Hand Bottle Fillers born Millwall, Middlesex
Albert Ernest Brecht Son 10 born Tidal Basin, Essex
George Henry Brecht Son 8 born Tidal Basin, Essex
Alf Brecht Son 5 born Plaistow, Essex
Frank Bert Brecht Son 15 months born Plaistow, Essex

Husband in HM Prison, Pentonville

George Frederick Brecht's Grandson George Henry Brecht

Apart from his first born being born illegitimate in a workhouse (he did marry Lucy Ann in 1902), George Henry Brecht had a criminal record in England (was in Pentonville in 1911) and was murdered in Sydney in 1951.

His family stayed away from him in England.

There is more detail is given in a separate article:

A Certain Notoriety

Colin Bower
12 February 2021

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